Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lafayette C. Robinson, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Lafayette C. Robinson registered to vote in Bexar County on July 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Lafayette C. Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lafayette C. Robinson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Robinson in Bexar County
- Allen Robinsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1845
- George Robinsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1843
- Henry Clay Robinsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Isaac Robinsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- John Robinsonborn in New York, reached Texas about 1866
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 5 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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