Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Palmer, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

John Palmer registered to vote in Chambers County on August 7, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 2 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
2 years
In the county
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

John Palmer

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Palmer
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 7, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Chambers County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Chambers County
20 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

20 years

John Palmer reported 20 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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