Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Chambers, Austin County, Texas, 1869
William Chambers registered to vote in Austin County on November 19, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Austin County
William Chambers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Chambers
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Chambers in Austin County
- Daniel Chambersborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- George Chambersborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
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 56 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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