Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Robinson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Robinson registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 6, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joseph Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Robinson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJoseph Robinson reported 2 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Robinson in Bastrop County
- Jerry Robinsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Matt Robinsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Stephan Robinsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- William Robinsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
Robinsons elsewhere 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 5 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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