Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Chapman, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Charles Chapman registered to vote in Walker County on November 24, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
- 0 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Charles Chapman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Chapman
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 11 months
- Years in the precinct
- 11 months
- Naturalized, when
- "Captain 26 Infantry A.D.C."
- Signature, as written
- "W. H. Howard"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
0 yearsCharles Chapman reported 0 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Chapmans 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 48 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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