Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Roberts, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
James Roberts registered to vote in Shelby County on July 26, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Erased" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Shelby County
James Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Roberts
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "James Roberts"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Erased"
Other freedmen named Roberts in Shelby County
- Henry Robertsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Jabe Robertsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Mack Robertsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1838
- Rofe Robertsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Wash Robertsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1843
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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