Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Roberts, Wilson County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Roberts registered to vote in Wilson County on July 18, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Jacob Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Roberts
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJacob Roberts reported 9 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
Other freedmen named Roberts in Wilson County
- Jefferson Robertsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
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 Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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