Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Roberson, Burleson County, Texas, 1867

Henry Roberson registered to vote in Burleson County on July 30, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Burleson County, Texas
15 years
In Texas
about 1852
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County

Henry Roberson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Roberson
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 30, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Burleson County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Burleson County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Burleson County highlighted
Burleson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Henry Roberson reported 14 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.

Variations of Roberson

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 24 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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