Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cato Robison, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Cato Robison registered to vote in Colorado County on August 2, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Cato Robison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cato Robison
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 42'
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Robison in Colorado County
- Calvin Robisonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1858
- Henry Robisonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Mitchell Robisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Peter Robisonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- PEter Robisonborn in Delaware, reached Texas about 1857
Robisons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Robison
- Robinson 133
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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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