Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Roberson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Harry Roberson registered to vote in Austin County on August 26, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 7 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Harry Roberson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Roberson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearHarry Roberson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Roberson in Austin County
- Henry Robersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
Robersons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Roberson
- Robertson 68
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 36 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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