Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Robertson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Robertson registered to vote in Anderson County on September 28, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Alexander Robertson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Robertson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Robertson in Anderson County
- Anthony Robertsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Caleb Robertsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- Edward Robertsonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1866
Robertsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Robertson
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 40 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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