Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Roberts, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Roberts registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Stephen Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Roberts
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
Other freedmen named Roberts in Matagorda County
- James Robertsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- John Robertsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1840
- Squire Robertsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
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 7 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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