Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Robertson, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
John Robertson registered to vote in Galveston County on January 29, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
John Robertson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Robertson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 9 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsJohn Robertson reported 16 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Robertson in Galveston County
- Henry Robertson
- John T Robertsonreached Texas about 1839
- King Emanuel Robertsonreached Texas about 1866
- William Robertsonreached Texas about 1861
Robertsons elsewhere in Texas
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 48 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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