Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Robinson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Robinson registered to vote in Anderson County on August 26, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Thomas Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Robinson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsThomas Robinson reported 7 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Robinson in Anderson County
- James Robinsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- Peter Robinsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
Robinsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Robinson
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 28 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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