Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hal Robinson, Matagorda County, Texas, 1869
Hal Robinson registered to vote in Matagorda County on November 18, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 4 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Hal Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hal Robinson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsHal Robinson reported 5 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Robinson in Matagorda County
- James Robinsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- Jef Robinsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- 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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