Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Roberts, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Sam Roberts registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 18, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 3 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Sam Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Roberts
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsSam Roberts reported 3 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Other freedmen named Roberts in Brazoria County
- Benjamin Robertsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1841
- 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 37 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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