Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvin Robison, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Calvin Robison registered to vote in Colorado County on August 7, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Calvin Robison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvin Robison
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsCalvin Robison reported 7 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Robison in Colorado County
- Cato Robisonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1847
- 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. It sits on page 32 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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