Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jackson Hart, Chambers County, Texas, 1869

Jackson Hart registered to vote in Chambers County on November 25, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1865 in Texas" beside his name.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
about 1859
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

Jackson Hart

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jackson Hart
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 25, 1869
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Chambers County
14 months
Years in the precinct
14 months
Years in Texas before Chambers County
9 years
Naturalized, how
"Emancipation"
Naturalized, when
"1865"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"Jackson Heart"
Remarks, as written
"Emancipation in 1865 in Texas"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Jackson Hart reported 9 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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