Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Chambers, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Allen Chambers registered to vote in Walker County on August 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Allen Chambers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Chambers
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alex X Chambers"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Chambers in Walker County
- Hal Chambersborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
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 12 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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