Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Plank S. Mades, Chambers County, Texas, 1869

Plank S. Mades registered to vote in Chambers County on November 31, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Emancipated in Texas in 1865. Certificate from Galveston" beside his name.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
7 years
In Texas
about 1862
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

Plank S. Mades

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Plank S. Mades [Madois]
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
3
Registered
November 31, 1869
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in Chambers County
8 months
Years in the precinct
8 months
Years in Texas before Chambers County
6 years
Naturalized, how
"Emancipation"
Naturalized, when
"1865"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"P. J. Meadows"
Remarks, as written
"Emancipated in Texas in 1865. Certificate from Galveston"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Plank S. Mades [Madois] reported 6 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 7 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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