Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Robinson, Bosque County, Texas, 1867

Peter Robinson registered to vote in Bosque County on Jul. 22 1867. He reported 31 years in Texas, 7 of them in Bosque County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bosque County registered 85 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Bosque County, Texas
31 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1836
Reached Texas
24 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1836 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bosque County

Peter Robinson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Robinson
County of registration
Bosque County
Precinct
1
Registered
Jul. 22 1867
Years in Texas
31 years
Years in Bosque County
7 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Years in Texas before Bosque County
24 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bosque County highlighted
Bosque County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

24 years

Peter Robinson reported 24 years more in Texas than in Bosque County.

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 1 of the Bosque County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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