Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Robinson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Jack Robinson registered to vote in Walker County on August 12, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Jack Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Robinson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Jack X Robinson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Robinson in Walker County
- George Robinsonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
- Green Robinsonborn in North Carolina
- Henry Robinsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Owen Robinsonborn in North Carolina
- Thomas Robinsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
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 10 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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