Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Washington Umphrey, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

Washington Umphrey registered to vote in Chambers County on August 30, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 31 years in Texas, 10 of them in Chambers County.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
31 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1836
Reached Texas
21 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1836 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

Washington Umphrey

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Washington Umphrey
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 30, 1867
Years in Texas
31 years
Years in Chambers County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Years in Texas before Chambers County
21 years
Naturalized, how
"Emancipation"
Naturalized, when
"1863"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

21 years

Washington Umphrey reported 21 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 5 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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