Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Robinson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Richard Robinson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 3, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 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
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Richard Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Robinson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Robinson in Brazoria County
- Charles Robinsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
- Faith Robinsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
- Francis Robinsonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1860
- John Robinsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Joshua Robinsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1847
Robinsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Robinson
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 8 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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