Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Chambers, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ben Chambers registered to vote in Fayette County on July 18, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Ben Chambers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Chambers
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsBen Chambers reported 14 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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 16 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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