Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Roberson, Williamson County, Texas, 1868
Charles Roberson registered to vote in Williamson County on January 31, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Williamson County registered 205 freedmen in 1867, 19% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Roberson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Naturalized, how
- "[illegible mark]"
- Naturalized, when
- "[illegible mark]"
- Signature, as written
- "Jesse his x mark Barker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Roberson in Williamson County
- Andy Robersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- 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 21 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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