DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Robertson, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869
Sam Robertson registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 25, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In DeWitt County
Sam Robertson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Robertson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
Other freedmen named Robertson in DeWitt County
- Bob Robertsonreached Texas about 1845
Robertsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Robertson
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 26 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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