Coryell County, Texas · 1867 voter registration

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

Slavery in Coryell County

In 1860 the census counted 306 enslaved people in Coryell County, 11% of everyone living there. In 1867, 566 men registered to vote there.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Coryell County highlighted
Coryell County on the 1870 county map
306
Enslaved in 1860
11%
Of the county in 1860
566
Registered voters
1 years
Median time in Texas
15
Register pages

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When they arrived in Texas

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

Reported arrival decades for Coryell County registrants
DecadeRegistrants
1860s
45

Surnames of freedmen in Coryell County

Coryell County genealogy: search the register by name

The first 45 names in the Coryell County register, alphabetically. Each opens a search for that name.

Coryell County registrants, by surname
NameBirthplaceArrivedGap
Adams, WilliamUnited States1866
Anthony, WilliamUnited States1867
Armstrong, GriffinUnited States1866
Bevil, BenUnited States1868
Blackshear, JohnUnited States1866
Brooks, MosesUnited States1866
Brown, JamesUnited States1866
Bryant, JohnUnited States1866
Chavers, AllenUnited States1866
Coates, JuliusUnited States1866
Cummings, JohnUnited States1868
Drake, WilliamUnited States1866
Dudley, JackUnited States1868
Easily, BerryUnited States1866
Easily, Simon N.United States1866
Easily, StepUnited States1866
Eves, DamonUnited States1866
Graves, WillisUnited States1866
Harrison, HendersonUnited States1866
Harrison, HenryUnited States1866
Harrison, JamesUnited States1866
Harrison, JerryUnited States1866
Hays, JohnUnited States1868
Hogan, SamuelUnited States1866
Jefferson, ThomasUnited States1866
Johnson, AndrewUnited States1866
Jones, John W.United States1867
Knowles, WithUnited States1866
Long, JohnUnited States1866
Mack, IkeUnited States1866
Matthews, JohnUnited States1866
Mayberry, JamesUnited States1866
Mayberry, James W.United States1866
Mayfield, GeorgeUnited States1866
McDonaho, AlfredUnited States1866
Ormann, GeorgeUnited States1866
Rand, GeorgeUnited States1866
Reagan, JerryUnited States1866
Rimmous, RichardUnited States1866
Ross, HoustonUnited States1866
Salle, RobertUnited States1866
Snider, SamuelUnited States1866
Whitely, StapletonUnited States1866
Wilson, AlackUnited States1866
Woodhull, MosesUnited States1866

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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. Coryell County's entries fill 15 pages of the handwritten register.

Coryell County was formed out of Milam County by 1855. The registers also spell this county Coryelle, and entries under either spelling are counted here.

Questions about the Coryell County records

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

Search the Coryell 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.

Keep looking

Counties that share a boundary history with Coryell County: Milam County, Brown County, Hamilton County, Lampasas County.

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

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