Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Caleb Robertson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867

Caleb Robertson registered to vote in Anderson County on August 28, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 2 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Anderson County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Anderson County

Caleb Robertson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Caleb Robertson
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Anderson County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 28, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Anderson County
2 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Anderson County
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Caleb Robertson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.

Other freedmen named Robertson in Anderson County

Robertsons elsewhere in Texas

All 68 freedmen named Robertson 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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