Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Silas Robinson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Silas Robinson registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 7, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 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
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Silas Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Silas Robinson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 7 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 32 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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