Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Murray Robinson, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Murray Robinson registered to vote in Brazos County on November 22, 1869. He reported 21 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Murray Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Murray Robinson
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsMurray Robinson reported 20 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Robinson in Brazos County
- Lewis Robinsonreached Texas about 1866
- Nathan Robinsonreached Texas about 1865
- Robt. Robinsonreached Texas about 1865
- Squire Robinsonreached Texas about 1865
- Will. Robinsonreached Texas about 1859
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 42 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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