Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Robinson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Jack Robinson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 15, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Jack Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Robinson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsJack Robinson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Robinson in Galveston County
- Peter Robinsonreached Texas about 1866
Robinsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Robinson
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 20 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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