Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jef Robinson, Matagorda County, Texas, 1869
Jef Robinson registered to vote in Matagorda County on November 16, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Jef Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jef Robinson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Robinson in Matagorda County
- Hal Robinsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
- James Robinsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- Joseph Robinsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1849
- 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 18 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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