Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wade Hampton, Chambers County, Texas, 1869

Wade Hampton registered to vote in Chambers County on November 31, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 4 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipated in Texas in 1865. Registered from Liberty" 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
15 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

Wade Hampton

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wade Hampton
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 31, 1869
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Chambers County
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Years in Texas before Chambers County
11 years
Naturalized, how
"Emancipation"
Naturalized, when
"1865"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"Wade Hampton"
Remarks, as written
"Emancipated in Texas in 1865. Registered from Liberty"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Wade Hampton 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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