Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Soloman Washington, Chambers County, Texas, 1869

Soloman Washington registered to vote in Chambers County on November 31, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1865 in Texas" beside his name.

Born in Louisiana, registered in Chambers County, Texas

Louisiana
Birthplace: 22 years
In Texas: 22 years
In the county: about 1847
Reached Texas

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Soloman Washington

Texas

Name: Soloman Washington
Place of birth: Louisiana
County of registration: Chambers County
Precinct: 2
Registered: November 31, 1869
Years in Texas: 22 years
Years in Chambers County: 22 years
Years in the precinct: 2 years
Naturalized, how: "Emancipation"
Naturalized, when: "1865"
Naturalized, where: "Texas"
Signature, as written: "Solomon Alexander"
Remarks, as written: "Emancipation in 1865 in Texas"

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

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