Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Roberson, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Louis Roberson registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 10, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Louis Roberson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Roberson
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Roberson in Gonzales County
- Jack Robersonreached Texas about 1865
Robersons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Roberson
- Robertson 68
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 34 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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