Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
A. Roberson, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
A. Roberson registered to vote in Hunt County on August 5, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 5 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
A. Roberson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- A. Roberson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. Roberson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsA. Roberson reported 4 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Robersons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Roberson
- Robertson 68
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 13 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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