Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Ramear, Chambers County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Ramear registered to vote in Chambers County on August 19, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Louisiana" beside his name.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Chambers County
Nelson Ramear
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Ramear
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Emancipation"
- Naturalized, when
- "1863"
- Naturalized, where
- "Ga."
- Signature, as written
- "Nelson Ramean"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1863 in Louisiana"
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 3 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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