Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Roberts, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
John Roberts registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 14, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
John Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Roberts
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 27 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Roberts in Matagorda County
- James Robertsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Squire Robertsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
- Stephen Robertsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1840
Robertses elsewhere 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 6 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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