Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Abraham, Chambers County, Texas, 1867
Moses Abraham registered to vote in Chambers County on August 20, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 6 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in South Carolina" beside his name.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Moses Abraham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Abraham
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Chambers County
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "Emancipation"
- Naturalized, when
- "1863"
- Naturalized, where
- "South Carolina"
- Signature, as written
- "Moses Abraham"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1863 in South Carolina"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearMoses Abraham reported 1 year more in Texas than in Chambers County.
Abrahams elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Abraham
- Abram 6
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 4 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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