Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Curtis, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

Henry Curtis registered to vote in Chambers County on August 7, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas" beside his name.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

Henry Curtis

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Curtis
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 7, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Chambers County
5 months
Years in the precinct
5 months
Years in Texas before Chambers County
15 years
Naturalized, how
"Emancipation"
Naturalized, when
"1863"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"Henry Curtis"
Remarks, as written
"Emancipation in 1863 in Texas"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Henry Curtis reported 15 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 1 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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