Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Roberson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Henry Roberson registered to vote in Austin County on July 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Roberson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Roberson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearHenry Roberson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Roberson in Austin County
- Harry Robersonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
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 3 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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