Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Scipio Roberts, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Scipio Roberts registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Scipio Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Scipio Roberts
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 14 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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