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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsMarshal Roberson reported 7 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Robersons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Roberson
- Robertson 68
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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