Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Chester Downs, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Chester Downs registered to vote in Houston County on July 23, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Houston County
Chester Downs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Chester Downs
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Houston County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Chester L. Hodges"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Downses 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 3 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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