Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Roberts, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Roberts registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 1, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Benjamin Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Roberts
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Roberts in Brazoria County
- Syke Robertsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1845
Robertses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Roberts
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 4 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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