Chambers · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Chambers in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 28 freedmen

28 freedmen named Chambers registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Bastrop County (5), Anderson County (3) and Austin County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Texas and Virginia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1840.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Chamberses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Chambers registered, on the 1870 county map
28
Freedmen
15
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1840
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Chamberses registered

Texas counties where the Chamberses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Bastrop County518%
Anderson County311%
Austin County311%
Brazoria County27%
Freestone County27%
Guadalupe County27%
Harrison County27%
Walker County27%
Caldwell County14%
Collin County14%
Colorado County14%
Falls County14%
Fayette County14%
Gonzales County14%
Hood County14%

Where the Chamberses were born

Birthplaces the Chamberses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama415%
Texas415%
Virginia415%
North Carolina312%
Kentucky28%
Missouri28%
South Carolina28%
Tennessee28%
Georgia14%
Mississippi14%
West Virginia14%

When the Chamberses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Chamberses
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
6
1850s
13
1860s
7

Every Chambers in the register

The Chamberses in the register, 1 to 28 of 28
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Abediale ChambersGuadalupe CountyKentucky1866
Alexander ChambersBastrop CountyTexas1840
Alfred ChambersHarrison CountyGeorgia1855
Allen ChambersWalker CountyNorth Carolina1857
Archie ChambersColorado CountyWest Virginia1852
Ben ChambersFayette CountyMissouri1852
Benjamin ChambersFalls County
Daniel ChambersAustin CountyMississippi1866
Daniel ChambersHarrison CountySouth Carolina1853
David ChambersCaldwell CountyNorth Carolina1866
George ChambersAustin CountyVirginia1855
George ChambersBrazoria CountyVirginia1842
Hal ChambersWalker CountySouth Carolina1853
Henry ChambersAnderson CountyAlabama1855
James ChambersCollin CountyMissouri1849
James ChambersGuadalupe CountyKentucky1866
John ChambersGonzales County1863
Joseph ChambersBastrop CountyTexas1851
Major ChambersBastrop CountyTexas1846
Martin ChambersBastrop CountyTennessee1846
Miriam ChambersAnderson CountyAlabama1853
Randall ChambersBrazoria CountyVirginia1852
Samuel ChambersHood CountyTennessee
Simon ChambersFreestone CountyAlabama1867
Stevens ChambersAnderson CountyTexas1853
Washington ChambersFreestone CountyAlabama1852
William ChambersAustin CountyNorth Carolina1849
William ChambersBastrop CountyVirginia1862

Chambers genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Chambers in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Bastrop County holds 5 of the 28, Anderson County 3. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Chamberses in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (4), Texas (4) and Virginia (4) as their birthplaces most often. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Chambers?

Bastrop County (5), Anderson County (3), Austin County (3). In all, 28 registered across 15 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Chambers appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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