Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Roberson, Williamson County, Texas, 1867
John Roberson registered to vote in Williamson County on July 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Williamson County registered 205 freedmen in 1867, 19% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
John Roberson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Roberson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Naturalized, when
- "Frank his x mark Hall"
- Signature, as written
- "John his x mark Roberson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Roberson in Williamson County
- Andy Robersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- Charles Robersonborn in South Carolina
- Manuel Robersonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Montgomery Robersonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
Robersons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Roberson
- Robertson 71
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 7 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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