Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Chambers, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Chambers registered to vote in Harrison County on August 22, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Daniel Chambers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Chambers
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "R. L. Chambers"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsDaniel Chambers reported 13 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Chambers in Harrison County
- Alfred Chambersborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
Chamberses 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 75 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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