Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lee Roy Robertson, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1867
Lee Roy Robertson registered to vote in Van Zandt County on July 26, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Lee Roy Robertson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lee Roy Robertson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Robertson in Van Zandt County
- Esquire Robertsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
Robertsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Robertson
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 Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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