Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Robinson, Victoria County, Texas, 1867

Henry Robinson registered to vote in Victoria County on September 27, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Victoria County, Texas
16 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Victoria County

Henry Robinson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Robinson
County of registration
Victoria County
Precinct
1
Registered
September 27, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Victoria County
16 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Naturalized, how
"By County Court"
Naturalized, when
"July 29 1867"
Naturalized, where
"Victoria Tex."
Signature, as written
"Levi J. Dunagan"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Victoria County highlighted
Victoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Robinson in Victoria County

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All 149 freedmen named Robinson 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 Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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