Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Roberts, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Peter Roberts registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 9, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Peter Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Roberts
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsPeter Roberts reported 18 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
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 10 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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