Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lewis Robinson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Lewis Robinson registered to vote in Colorado County on July 18, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Lewis Robinson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lewis Robinson
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 18, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Colorado County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Robinsons elsewhere in Texas

All 133 freedmen named Robinson 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 13 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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