Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Chapman, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Peter Chapman registered to vote in Anderson County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Peter Chapman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Chapman
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Chapman in Anderson County
- Henry Chapmanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
Chapmans 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 22 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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