Cherokee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Roberson, Cherokee County, Texas, 1867
Peter Roberson registered to vote in Cherokee County on Sep. 24 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cherokee County. Cherokee County registered 695 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cherokee County
Peter Roberson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Roberson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Cherokee County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- Sep. 24 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Cherokee County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
Other freedmen named Roberson in Cherokee County
- Abraham Robersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
- Ned Robersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Sam Robersonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1866
Robersons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Roberson
- Robertson 68
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 50 of the Cherokee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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