Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isam Chappel, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Isam Chappel registered to vote in Austin County on July 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 4 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Isam Chappel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isam Chappel
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsIsam Chappel reported 7 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Chappels 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 5 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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