Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Chambers, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Chambers registered to vote in Harrison County on July 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Alfred Chambers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Chambers
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. Chambers"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsAlfred Chambers reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Chambers in Harrison County
- Daniel Chambersborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
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 42 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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