Angelina County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Roberts, Angelina County, Texas, 1867
John Roberts registered to vote in Angelina County on August 24, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 6 of them in Angelina County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Angelina County
John Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Roberts
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Angelina County
- Precinct
- Nelson
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Angelina County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Angelina County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsJohn Roberts reported 15 years more in Texas than in Angelina County.
Other freedmen named Roberts in Angelina County
- Ewing Robertsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1839
- Jacob Robertsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
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 6 of the Angelina County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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