Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Roberts, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Jim Roberts registered to vote in Bowie County on July 13, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Jim Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Roberts
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 13, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Roberts in Bowie County
- Albert Robertsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Dan Robertsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1861
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 1 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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