Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmond Bonser, Chambers County, Texas, 1867
Edmond Bonser registered to vote in Chambers County on August 8, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 7 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Virginia" beside his name.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Edmond Bonser
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmond Bonser
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Chambers County
- 3 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Emancipation"
- Naturalized, when
- "1863"
- Naturalized, where
- "Virginia"
- Signature, as written
- "Edmond Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1863 in Virginia"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsEdmond Bonser reported 3 years more in Texas than in Chambers County.
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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