Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Trotter, Chambers County, Texas, 1867
John Trotter registered to vote in Chambers County on August 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 6 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Virginia" beside his name.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
John Trotter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Trotter
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Chambers County
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "Birth"
- Naturalized, when
- "1840"
- Naturalized, where
- "Virginia"
- Signature, as written
- "John Bolton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1863 in Virginia"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Trotter reported 1 year more in Texas than in Chambers County.
Trotters elsewhere 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 4 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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