Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Anderson Lockhouse, Chambers County, Texas, 1869

Anderson Lockhouse registered to vote in Chambers County on November 24, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 2 of them in Chambers County.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

Anderson Lockhouse

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Anderson Lockhouse
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 24, 1869
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Chambers County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Chambers County
4 years
Naturalized, how
"Emancipation"
Naturalized, when
"1865"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"Anderson Lockhouse"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

Anderson Lockhouse reported 4 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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