Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Nathaniel Brown, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

Nathaniel Brown registered to vote in Chambers County on August 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 40 years in Texas, 40 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in South Carolina" beside his name.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Chambers County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
40 years
In Texas
40 years
In the county
about 1827
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1827 to 1870

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In Chambers County

Nathaniel Brown

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Nathaniel Brown
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 19, 1867
Years in Texas
40 years
Years in Chambers County
40 years
Years in the precinct
40 years
Naturalized, when
"1863"
Naturalized, where
"South Carolina"
Signature, as written
"W. Brown"
Remarks, as written
"Emancipation in 1863 in South Carolina"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Brown in Chambers County

Browns elsewhere in Texas

All 383 freedmen named Brown 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 4 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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