Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Louis Alexander, Chambers County, Texas, 1869

Louis Alexander registered to vote in Chambers County on November 31, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 10 of them in Chambers County.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Chambers County
Texas
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

Louis Alexander

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Louis Alexander
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
3
Registered
November 31, 1869
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Chambers County
10 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Chambers County
11 years
Naturalized, how
"Emancipation"
Naturalized, when
"1863"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"Amos Alexander"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Louis Alexander reported 11 years more in Texas than in Chambers County.

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 7 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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