Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harrison Robinson, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Harrison Robinson registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Harrison Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harrison Robinson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Leon County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Hammond x A. Leonard"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsHarrison Robinson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Robinson in Leon County
- Ceasar Robinsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Daniel Robinsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- Edmond Robinsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Henry Robinsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Jim Robinsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
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 12 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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