Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Tankersley, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Robert Tankersley registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 11 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Robert Tankersley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Tankersley
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 11 years
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsRobert Tankersley reported 8 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
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 Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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