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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Hunt County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

A. Roberson reported 4 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.

Variations of Roberson

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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