Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Martin Robinson, Jackson County, Texas, 1867

Martin Robinson registered to vote in Jackson County on July 2, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Jackson County, Texas
12 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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In Jackson County

Martin Robinson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Martin Robinson
County of registration
Jackson County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 2, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Jackson County
12 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jackson County highlighted
Jackson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Robinson in Jackson County

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All 133 freedmen named Robinson in Texas

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 2 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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