Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Roberts, Austin County, Texas, 1868
John Roberts registered to vote in Austin County on January 30, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 3 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
John Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Roberts
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJohn Roberts reported 10 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Roberts in Austin County
- Alexander Robertsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1839
- David Robertsborn in Alabama, 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 49 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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