Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

David Robinson, Burleson County, Texas, 1869

David Robinson registered to vote in Burleson County on November 22, 1869. He reported 20 years in Texas, 17 of them in Burleson County. 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
20 years
In Texas
17 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County

David Robinson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
David Robinson
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 22, 1869
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Burleson County
17 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Burleson County
3 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

3 years

David Robinson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.

Variations of Robinson

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

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