Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Robertson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1868
Joseph Robertson registered to vote in Brazoria County on January 31, 1868. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Joseph Robertson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Robertson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Robertson in Brazoria County
- Robert Robertsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1843
- Sam. Robertsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- Scipie Robertsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
Robertsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Robertson
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 36 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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