Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John White, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

John White registered to vote in Chambers County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
about 1855
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

John White

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John White
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Chambers County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Chambers County
11 years
Naturalized, how
"Emancipation"
Naturalized, when
"1862"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"John White"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

John White reported 11 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 3 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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