Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Arnos Speights, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

Arnos Speights registered to vote in Chambers County on August 8, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 2 of them in Chambers County.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

Arnos Speights

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Arnos Speights
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 8, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Chambers County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Chambers County
13 years
Naturalized, how
"Birth"
Signature, as written
"Amos Daugherty"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Arnos Speights reported 13 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 2 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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