Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
W.S. McManus, Chambers County, Texas, 1868
W.S. McManus registered to vote in Chambers County on January 30, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 40 years in Texas, 40 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas" beside his name.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 40 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1828 to 1870
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In Chambers County
W.S. McManus
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- W.S. McManus
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 40 years
- Years in the precinct
- 40 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Birth"
- Naturalized, when
- "1815"
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "D. W. Herring"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1863 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 6 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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