Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ephraim Camber, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Ephraim Camber registered to vote in Houston County on August 6, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Ephraim Camber
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ephraim Camber
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Houston County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Barker Riley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsEphraim Camber reported 9 years more in Texas than in Houston 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 8 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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