Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Billy Robinson, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Billy Robinson registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 17, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
19 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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In Fort Bend County

Billy Robinson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Billy Robinson
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
3
Registered
November 17, 1869
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Fort Bend County
19 years
Years in the precinct
19 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Robinson in Fort Bend County

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All 133 freedmen named Robinson 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 35 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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