Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Felix Robison, Austin County, Texas, 1868

Felix Robison registered to vote in Austin County on January 29, 1868. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Austin County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Felix Robison

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Felix Robison
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
January 29, 1868
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Austin County
10 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
5 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Felix Robison reported 5 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Robisons elsewhere in Texas

All 18 freedmen named Robison in Texas

Variations of Robison

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 48 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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