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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsCaleb Robertson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Robertson in Anderson County
- Alexander Robertsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
- Anthony Robertsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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