Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
King Roberson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
King Roberson registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 10, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
King Roberson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- King Roberson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsKing Roberson reported 7 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Roberson in Bastrop County
- Franklin Robersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
- John Robersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
- Moses Robersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Thomas Robersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
Robersons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Roberson
- Robertson 68
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 12 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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