Angelina County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Chancellor, Angelina County, Texas, 1867

James Chancellor registered to vote in Angelina County on August 17, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 5 of them in Angelina County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Angelina County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Angelina County

James Chancellor

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Chancellor
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Angelina County
Precinct
Homer
Registered
August 17, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Angelina County
5 years
Years in Texas before Angelina County
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Angelina County highlighted
Angelina County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

James Chancellor reported 13 years more in Texas than in Angelina County.

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 Angelina County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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