Guadalupe County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Chambers, Guadalupe County, Texas, 1867
James Chambers registered to vote in Guadalupe County on July 10, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Guadalupe County registered 508 freedmen in 1867, 38% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Guadalupe County
James Chambers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Chambers
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Guadalupe County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Guadalupe County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Chambers in Guadalupe County
- Abediale Chambersborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
Chamberses elsewhere in Texas
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 1 of the Guadalupe County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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