Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Moses Booker, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

Moses Booker registered to vote in Chambers County on August 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 8 of them in Chambers County.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
30 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas
22 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

Moses Booker

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Moses Booker
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 12, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Chambers County
8 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Years in Texas before Chambers County
22 years
Naturalized, how
"Birth"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"Henry Rogers"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

22 years

Moses Booker reported 22 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 2 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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