Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Chambers, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Chambers registered to vote in Austin County on July 27, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Daniel Chambers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Chambers
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Chambers in Austin County
- George Chambersborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- 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 9 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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