Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Robison, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Jack Robison registered to vote in Fayette County on August 1, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Jack Robison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Robison
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 5 months
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJack Robison reported 9 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Robison in Fayette County
- Napoleon Robisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
Robisons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Robison
- Robinson 133
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 31 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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