Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Harvey, Chambers County, Texas, 1869

William Harvey registered to vote in Chambers County on November 26, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Chambers County.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
2 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Chambers County

William Harvey

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Harvey
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in Chambers County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Naturalized, how
"Emancipation"
Naturalized, when
"1865"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"William Barry"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

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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