Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Virgil Roberts, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Virgil Roberts registered to vote in Houston County on August 5, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Virgil Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Virgil Roberts
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Houston County
- 5 months
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Virgil his x mark Roberts"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsVirgil Roberts reported 10 years more in Texas than in Houston 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 7 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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