Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Robinson, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Robinson registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 28, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Joseph Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Robinson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
Other freedmen named Robinson in Matagorda County
- Hal Robinsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
- James Robinsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- Jef Robinsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Oakly Robinsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
Robinsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Robinson
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 Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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