Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Barny Chism, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Barny Chism registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 21, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Barny Chism
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Barny Chism
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Barney Chism"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsBarny Chism reported 5 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Chisms 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 13 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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