Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Palmer, Chambers County, Texas, 1867
John Palmer registered to vote in Chambers County on August 7, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas" beside his name.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Chambers County
John Palmer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Palmer
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Chambers County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years 6 months
- Naturalized, how
- "Emancipation"
- Naturalized, when
- "1863"
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "John Shirkind"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas"
Other freedmen named Palmer in Chambers County
- John Palmerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Squire Palmerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
Palmers 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 1 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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