Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wash Roberts, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Wash Roberts registered to vote in Shelby County on July 26, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Wash Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wash Roberts
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Malachi Roberts"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Roberts in Shelby County
- Henry Robertsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Jabe Robertsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- James Robertsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Mack Robertsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1838
- Rofe Robertsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
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 4 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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