Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Hall, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

Henry Hall registered to vote in Chambers County on August 8, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas. Transferred to Galveston" beside his name.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
17 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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In Chambers County

Henry Hall

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Hall
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 8, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Chambers County
17 years
Years in the precinct
17 years
Naturalized, how
"Birth"
Signature, as written
"Thomas Smith"
Remarks, as written
"Emancipation in 1863 in Texas. Transferred to Galveston"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

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 2 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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