Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Monterey Mayes, Chambers County, Texas, 1869

Monterey Mayes registered to vote in Chambers County on December 2, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Chambers County
Texas
Birthplace
23 years
In Texas
22 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

Monterey Mayes

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Monterey Mayes
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
1
Registered
December 2, 1869
Years in Texas
23 years
Years in Chambers County
10 months
Years in the precinct
10 months
Years in Texas before Chambers County
22 years
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

22 years

Monterey Mayes reported 22 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 8 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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