Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvin Chaney, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Calvin Chaney registered to vote in Austin County on January 31, 1868. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- District of Columbia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Calvin Chaney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvin Chaney
- Place of birth
- District of Columbia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Chaneys 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 52 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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