Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
R.H. Sherman, Chambers County, Texas, 1867
R.H. Sherman registered to vote in Chambers County on August 9, 1867. He reported New York as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation, Virginia. Disfranchised for felony" beside his name.
- New York
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Chambers County
R.H. Sherman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- R.H. Sherman
- Place of birth
- New York
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Birth"
- Naturalized, where
- "New York"
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas Dawson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation, Virginia. Disfranchised for felony"
Shermans 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 2 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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