Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ephraim Roberts, Kaufman County, Texas, 1869

Ephraim Roberts registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 22, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Kaufman County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
about 1863
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Kaufman County

Ephraim Roberts

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ephraim Roberts
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Kaufman County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 22, 1869
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Kaufman County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Kaufman County
5 years
Signature, as written
"Ephraim Roberts"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kaufman County highlighted
Kaufman County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Ephraim Roberts reported 5 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.

Robertses elsewhere in Texas

All 82 freedmen named Roberts in Texas

Variations of Roberts

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 14 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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