Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Philipp Robinson, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Philipp Robinson registered to vote in Grayson County on July 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 12 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Philipp Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Philipp Robinson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsPhilipp Robinson reported 8 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Other freedmen named Robinson in Grayson County
- George Robinsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
Robinsons elsewhere 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 7 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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