Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jack Williams, Chambers County, Texas, 1869

Jack Williams registered to vote in Chambers County on December 3, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 1 of them in Chambers County.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

Jack Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jack Williams
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
3
Registered
December 3, 1869
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Chambers County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Chambers County
5 years
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Jack Williams reported 5 years more in Texas than in Chambers County.

Variations of Williams

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 8 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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