Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Patterson, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

Henry Patterson registered to vote in Chambers County on September 24, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Chambers County.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Chambers County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
23 years
In Texas
23 years
In the county
about 1844
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1844 to 1870

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In Chambers County

Henry Patterson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Patterson
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
1
Registered
September 24, 1867
Years in Texas
23 years
Years in Chambers County
23 years
Years in the precinct
23 years
Naturalized, how
"Emancipation"
Naturalized, when
"1863"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"Henry Battison"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

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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