Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Roberson, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Roberson registered to vote in Austin County on January 27, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 4 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.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Roberson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Roberson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearRoberson 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
- Henry Robersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
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 45 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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