Wise County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Roberts, Wise County, Texas, 1867
Albert Roberts registered to vote in Wise County on August 24, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 7 of them in Wise County. The registrar wrote "Colored - Removed from County" beside his name. Wise County registered 9 freedmen in 1867, 3% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Albert Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Roberts
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Wise County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Wise County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Wise County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored - Removed from County"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsAlbert Roberts reported 8 years more in Texas than in Wise County.
Robertses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Roberts
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 3 of the Wise County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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