Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Chandler, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Sam Chandler registered to vote in Madison County on August 22, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 3 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Sam Chandler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Chandler
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Madison County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 22 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sam Clanton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsSam Chandler reported 22 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Chandlers 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 8 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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