Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Ker, Victoria County, Texas, 1868
Robert Ker registered to vote in Victoria County on January 30, 1868. He reported 17 years in Texas, 9 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Robert Ker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Ker
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Victoria County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Victoria County
- 8 years
- Naturalized, when
- "Sep. 25 1855"
- Naturalized, where
- "Victoria, Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Gottfried Weber"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsRobert Ker reported 8 years more in Texas than in Victoria County.
Other freedmen named Ker in Victoria County
- John Kerreached Texas about 1866
Kers elsewhere in Texas
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 19 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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