Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Merriman Chambers, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Merriman Chambers registered to vote in Anderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Merriman Chambers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Merriman Chambers
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Chambers in Anderson County
- Henry Chambersborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Miriam Chambersborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
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 4 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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