Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Robbins, Walker County, Texas, 1867
James Robbins registered to vote in Walker County on August 7, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Robbins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Robbins
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Walker County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Dennis Rollins"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJames Robbins reported 4 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Robbinses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Robbins
- Robins 5
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 9 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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