Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Robison, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Peter Robison registered to vote in Colorado County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Peter Robison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Robison
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 46'
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsPeter Robison reported 10 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Robison in Colorado County
- Calvin Robisonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1858
- 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 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 31 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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