Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph Ledbetter, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

Joseph Ledbetter registered to vote in Chambers County on August 19, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas" beside his name.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Chambers County
Texas
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Chambers County

Joseph Ledbetter

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joseph Ledbetter
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 19, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Chambers County
20 years
Years in the precinct
20 years
Naturalized, how
"Emancipation"
Naturalized, when
"1863"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"Joseph Redwater"
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

Other freedmen named Ledbetter in Chambers County

Ledbetters elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Ledbetter 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 3 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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