Angelina County, Texas · 1867 voter registration

Angelina County, Texas: freedmen, slavery and the 1867 voter registration

Slavery in Angelina County

In 1860 the census counted 686 enslaved people in Angelina County, 16% of everyone living there. In 1867, 652 men registered to vote there. Most were born in Alabama, Virginia and Georgia, and 84 reported reaching Texas before 1865.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Angelina County highlighted
Angelina County on the 1870 county map
686
Enslaved in 1860
16%
Of the county in 1860
652
Registered voters
Alabama
Largest birthplace
13 years
Median time in Texas
17
Register pages

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Where Angelina County's freedmen were born

Reported birthplaces of Angelina County registrants
BirthplaceRegistrants%
Alabama2125%
Virginia1416%
Georgia1012%
Tennessee911%
Kentucky67%
Mississippi67%
Texas67%
North Carolina56%
South Carolina56%
Louisiana22%
Africa11%

When they arrived in Texas

Decade each registrant reported arriving in Texas, as recorded in Angelina County.

Reported arrival decades for Angelina County registrants
DecadeRegistrants
1830s
3
1840s
21
1850s
38
1860s
24

Surnames of freedmen in Angelina County

Angelina County genealogy: search the register by name

The first 50 names in the Angelina County register, alphabetically. Each opens a search for that name.

Angelina County registrants, by surname
NameBirthplaceArrivedGap
Alexander, JacksonAlabama1852
Benny, AmosVirginia1850
Benny, HenryTexas184316
Boyakin, EdmundAlabama1855
Boyakin, RamseyAlabama184710
Brown, DavidAlabama1857
Brown, HenryAlabama184219
Brown, PeterSouth Carolina1863
Burks, HenryTexas18481
Burney, HenryGeorgia18556
Burns, JosephGeorgia1860
Burns, RobertUnited States1864
Caldwell, MorganKentucky1862
Cameron, MitchellNorth Carolina1856
Chancellor, JamesMississippi184913
Christian, AnthonyAlabama184316
Christian, RobertGeorgia1847
Clark, FranklinAlabama1854
Clinton, AbrahamTexas18423
Coleman, JeremiahKentucky1863
Daniel, PeterSouth Carolina1859
Dawson, JackSouth Carolina1863
Denman, IsaacGeorgia18546
Deson, LouisVirginia184611
Enoch, RobertAlabama1855
Ewing, DavidVirginia1852
Finley, GodfreyAlabama1834
Finley, RomulusAlabama184913
Freeman, HenryVirginia18641
Freeman, HenryVirginia185213
French, SammuelTexas18571
Glover, JohnKentucky1862
Gorden, LouisAlabama1852
Green, HenryLouisiana1865
Green, WilsonGeorgia1862
Guinn, JohnNorth Carolina18591
Hackney, GeoTennessee18412
Hackney, HenryTennessee18434
Hackney, MadisonTennessee18412
Harris, BevleyVirginia1863
Herrington, MadisonAlabama1855
Hickman, John S.Georgia18554
Hubbard, AndrewVirginia1863
Jenkins, JeffersonAlabama18401
Juger, ConeyAfrica1852
Kelly, PleasantSouth Carolina1855
Kennedy, IsaacGeorgia1859
Lang, SquireMississippi18382
Lee, JosephAlabama1851
Lewis, AlexanderAlabama1852

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Sources and county history

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The 1860 population figures come from Population of the United States in 1860, printed by the Census Office in 1864. Angelina County's entries fill 17 pages of the handwritten register.

Angelina County was formed out of Nacogdoches County by 1850.

Questions about the Angelina County records

How do I find African American ancestors in Angelina County, Texas?

Search the Angelina County records by surname, then open the entry to read the original handwritten register page. Each entry gives the man's name, his birthplace and the year he reached Texas. Spellings vary, so try the sound of a name as well as its spelling, and names appear in the order men came to register, so a family can sit pages apart.

Where were Angelina County's freedmen born?

Alabama (21), Virginia (14) and Georgia (10) were the birthplaces reported most often; 6 were born in Texas.

Keep looking

Counties that share a boundary history with Angelina County: Nacogdoches County.

For African American genealogy beyond Angelina County, browse the register by birthplace, search it by name or follow the migration map.

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