Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Mathis, Chambers County, Texas, 1867
Robert Mathis registered to vote in Chambers County on August 21, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 1 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Louisiana" beside his name.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Robert Mathis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Mathis
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Chambers County
- 2 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Birth"
- Naturalized, when
- "1823"
- Naturalized, where
- "Louisana"
- Signature, as written
- "David Wallace"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1863 in Louisiana"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsRobert Mathis reported 2 years more in Texas than in Chambers County.
Mathises elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Mathis
- Matthis 6
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 4 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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