Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Robbins, Parker County, Texas, 1867
Ben Robbins registered to vote in Parker County on August 10, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Parker County
Ben Robbins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Robbins
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Parker County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Robbins in Parker County
- Jason Robbinsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1860
- Simon Robbinsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1860
Robbinses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Robbins
- Robins 5
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 7 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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