Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Robinson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Robinson registered to vote in Austin County on August 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 10 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Abraham Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Robinson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Austin County
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsAbraham Robinson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Robinson in Austin County
- Allen Robinsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1864
- Andrew Robinsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1837
- Charles Robinsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- Coley Robinsonborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1863
Robinsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Robinson
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 28 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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