Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Wiggins, Chambers County, Texas, 1869
Robert Wiggins registered to vote in Chambers County on November 21, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1865 in Texas" beside his name.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Chambers County
Robert Wiggins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Wiggins
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 21, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Emancipation"
- Naturalized, when
- "1865"
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Robert W. Wiggins"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1865 in Texas"
Wigginses 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 7 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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