Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Isaam Banks, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

Isaam Banks registered to vote in Chambers County on August 14, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Chambers County.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
27 years
In Texas
27 years
In the county
about 1840
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1840 to 1870

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In Chambers County

Isaam Banks

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Isaam Banks
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
27 years
Years in Chambers County
27 years
Years in the precinct
27 years
Naturalized, how
"Emancipation"
Naturalized, when
"1863"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"Seam Parker"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

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

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