Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Anthony Whittington, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

Anthony Whittington registered to vote in Chambers County on August 6, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Chambers County.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Chambers County

Anthony Whittington

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Anthony Whittington
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 6, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Chambers County
20 years
Years in the precinct
20 years
Naturalized, how
"Emancipation"
Naturalized, when
"1863"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"Anthony Worthington"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

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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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