Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robt. Chapman, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Robt. Chapman registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 30 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 11 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Robt. Chapman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robt. Chapman
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- Jul. 30 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Collin County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Years in Texas before Collin County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsRobt. Chapman reported 9 years more in Texas than in Collin County.
Other freedmen named Chapman in Collin County
- Charrley Chapmanborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1856
Chapmans 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 21 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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