Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Olanda Roberson, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Olanda Roberson registered to vote in Henderson County on August 10, 1867. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- District of Columbia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Olanda Roberson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Olanda Roberson
- Place of birth
- District of Columbia
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Henderson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Olander Robertson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Roberson in Henderson County
- Hosea Robersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
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 12 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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