Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Chapman, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Robert Chapman registered to vote in Austin County on August 3, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Austin County
Robert Chapman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Chapman
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Chapmans 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 17 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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