Chandler · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Chandler in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 16 freedmen

16 freedmen named Chandler registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Brown County (5), Cherokee County (3) and Bastrop County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1837.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Chandlers registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Chandler registered, on the 1870 county map
16
Freedmen
10
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1837
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Chandlers registered

Where the Chandlers were born

Birthplaces the Chandlers reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama222%
South Carolina222%
Georgia111%
Mississippi111%
Tennessee111%
Texas111%
Virginia111%

When the Chandlers reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Chandlers
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
2
1850s
5
1860s
6

Every Chandler in the register

The Chandlers in the register, 1 to 16 of 16
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Albert ChandlerBrown County
Alfred ChandlerBrown County1851
Alfred ChandlerBrown County1867
Anderson ChandlerGalveston County1852
Anthony ChandlerFannin CountyVirginia1846
D. ChandlerBurleson County1855
Elijah ChandlerCherokee CountyMississippi1866
George ChandlerBastrop CountyTexas1851
George ChandlerFayette CountyGeorgia1859
Gilbert ChandlerCherokee CountyAlabama1866
Isaac ChandlerCherokee CountyAlabama1866
John ChandlerBrown County
John ChandlerBrown County1866
Richard ChandlerBrazoria CountySouth Carolina1837
Sam ChandlerMadison CountyTennessee1842
William ChandlerFreestone CountySouth Carolina1867

Chandler genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Chandler in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Brown County holds 5 of the 16, Cherokee 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 Chandlers in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (2), South Carolina (2) and Georgia (1) as their birthplaces most often, and 1 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Chandler?

Brown County (5), Cherokee County (3), Bastrop County (1). In all, 16 registered across 10 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 Chandler appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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