Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Squire Palmer, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

Squire Palmer registered to vote in Chambers County on August 7, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 5 of them in Chambers County.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

Squire Palmer

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Squire Palmer
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 7, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Chambers County
5 years 5 months
Years in the precinct
5 years 5 months
Years in Texas before Chambers County
15 years
Naturalized, how
"Emancipation"
Naturalized, when
"1863"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"Reuben Redman"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Squire Palmer reported 15 years more in Texas than in Chambers County.

Other freedmen named Palmer in Chambers County

Palmers elsewhere in Texas

All 22 freedmen named Palmer 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 1 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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