Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuell Meritt, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

Samuell Meritt registered to vote in Chambers County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 15 of them in Chambers County.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1845
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

Samuell Meritt

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Samuell Meritt
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 7, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Chambers County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Years in Texas before Chambers County
7 years
Naturalized, how
"Emancipation"
Naturalized, when
"1863"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"Samuel Merritt"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

Samuell Meritt reported 7 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 1 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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