Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Marshal Roberson, Dallas County, Texas, 1867

Marshal Roberson registered to vote in Dallas County on August 16, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 13 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Dallas County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Dallas County

Marshal Roberson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Marshal Roberson
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Dallas County
Precinct
7
Registered
August 16, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Dallas County
13 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Years in Texas before Dallas County
7 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Dallas County highlighted
Dallas County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

Marshal Roberson reported 7 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.

Variations of Roberson

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. Dallas County's entries fill 44 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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