Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Roberson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
John Roberson registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Roberson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Roberson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Roberson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Roberson in Bastrop County
- Franklin Robersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
- King Robersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 17 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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