Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Coley Robinson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Coley Robinson registered to vote in Austin County on July 24, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Coley Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Coley Robinson
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsColey Robinson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Robinson in Austin County
- Abraham Robinsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1842
- 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
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 7 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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