Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gilham Robertson, Harrison County, Texas, 1869
Gilham Robertson registered to vote in Harrison County on November 16, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Gilham Robertson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gilham Robertson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Signature, as written
- "G. Robertson (x)"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Robertson in Harrison County
- Abram Robertsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
- Charles Robertsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Edwin Robertsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Harvey Robertsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Henry Robertsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
Robertsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Robertson
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 87 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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