Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Robson, Collin County, Texas, 1867
John Robson registered to vote in Collin County on Aug. 2 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 5 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Robson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Robson
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- Aug. 2 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Collin County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Collin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Robson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Collin County.
Other freedmen named Robson in Collin County
- Harry Robsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1860
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 23 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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