Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abner Robinson, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
Abner Robinson registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 6, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Lavaca County
Abner Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abner Robinson
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Lavaca County
- 15 years
- Naturalized, how
- "County Court"
- Naturalized, when
- "July 6th 1867"
- Naturalized, where
- "LaGrange, Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Arch. A. Arnot"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsAbner Robinson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Lavaca County.
Other freedmen named Robinson in Lavaca County
- Henry Robinsonreached Texas about 1853
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 6 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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