Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andy Roberson, Williamson County, Texas, 1867
Andy Roberson registered to vote in Williamson County on July 30, 1867. He reported Mississippi 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
Andy Roberson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andy Roberson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "Timothy his x mark Clayton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Roberson in Williamson County
- Charles Robersonborn in South Carolina
- John Robersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- 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 10 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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