Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Roberts, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Jesse Roberts registered to vote in Galveston County on June 24, 1867. He reported 23 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 23 years
- In Texas
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
1844186018621864186618681870
In Galveston County
Jesse Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Roberts
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Roberts in Galveston County
- Primus E Robertsreached Texas about 1867
Robertses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Roberts
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 23 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Galveston County, Texas
Galveston County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Galveston CountyThe Roberts name in TexasSearch Galveston County by name