Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dan Roberts, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Dan Roberts registered to vote in Bowie County on July 18, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Dan Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dan Roberts
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Roberts in Bowie County
- Albert Robertsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Jim Robertsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
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 3 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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