Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Robinson, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Peter Robinson registered to vote in Anderson County on November 24, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Peter Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Robinson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Robinson in Anderson County
- James Robinsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- Thomas Robinsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1859
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 48 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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