Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Roberson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ben Roberson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 13, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Ben Roberson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Roberson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsBen Roberson reported 23 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Robersons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Roberson
- Robertson 68
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 10 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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