Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Robinson, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Robinson registered to vote in Dallas County on August 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Abraham Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Robinson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Robinson in Dallas County
- Amos Robinsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Isaac Robinsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
Robinsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Robinson
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 6 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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