Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

J. Myers, Chambers County, Texas, 1868

J. Myers registered to vote in Chambers County on February 11, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Chambers County.

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

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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In Chambers County

J. Myers

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
J. Myers
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
1
Registered
February 11, 1868
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Chambers County
22 years
Years in the precinct
22 years
Naturalized, how
"Emancipation"
Naturalized, when
"1863"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"Eli Stephenson"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Myerses elsewhere in Texas

All 40 freedmen named Myers 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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