Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Chambers, Austin County, Texas, 1869
George Chambers registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Austin County
George Chambers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Chambers
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Austin County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Chambers in Austin County
- Daniel Chambersborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- William Chambersborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
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 58 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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