Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John T Robertson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

John T Robertson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 26, 1867. He reported 28 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
28 years
In Texas
about 1839
Reached Texas
27 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1839 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

John T Robertson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John T Robertson
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
3
Registered
June 26, 1867
Years in Texas
28 years
Years in Galveston County
6 months
Years in the precinct
2 months
Years in Texas before Galveston County
27 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

27 years

John T Robertson reported 27 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

Variations of Robertson

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 25 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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