Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Roberts, Caldwell County, Texas, 1867
Willis Roberts registered to vote in Caldwell County on July 16, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Caldwell County registered 447 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Caldwell County
Willis Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Roberts
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named Roberts in Caldwell County
- Alfred Robertsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- Handy Robertsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Henry Robertsborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1866
- Simon Robertsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1866
Robertses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Roberts
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 8 of the Caldwell County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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