Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Mitchell Robison, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Mitchell Robison registered to vote in Colorado County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Alabama
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Mitchell Robison

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Mitchell Robison
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 46'
Registered
August 6, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Colorado County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Colorado County
7 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

Mitchell Robison reported 7 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Robison in Colorado County

Robisons elsewhere in Texas

All 18 freedmen named Robison in Texas

Variations of Robison

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 31 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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