Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Roberts, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Roberts registered to vote in Austin County on July 27, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 17 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Alexander Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Roberts
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Austin County
- 17 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsAlexander Roberts reported 11 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Roberts in Austin County
- David Robertsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- John Robertsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Stephen Robertsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1837
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 10 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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