Houston County · 1867 voter registration · page 2 of 5
Freedmen who registered in Houston County, Texas
218 freedmen registered to vote in Houston County, Texas, between 1867 and 1870. Open a name to read his entry and the original handwritten register page.
| Name | Birthplace | Reached Texas | Years in the county |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorezo Dow | Virginia | 1837 | 12 |
| Edmond Downey | North Carolina | 1863 | 4 |
| Chester Downs | Maryland | 1860 | 7 |
| Edmond Duberry | Texas | 1855 | 12 |
| William Earl | Louisiana | 1837 | 15 |
| Claiborne Ellis | Kentucky | 1852 | 15 |
| Henry Ellis | Tennessee | 1839 | 28 |
| Ira Ellis | Texas | 1845 | |
| Joel Ellis | Tennessee | 1832 | 35 |
| Oliver Ellis | Mississippi | 1839 | 27 |
| Henry Ellison | Mississippi | 1851 | 1 |
| Ben Epps | Virginia | 1863 | 4 |
| Jo Ewin | Texas | 1847 | 7 |
| Lewis Ewin | Texas | 1855 | 12 |
| John Fain | Georgia | 1860 | |
| Bellford Fields | Kentucky | 1861 | 2 |
| Willis Flowers | Virginia | 1864 | 3 |
| Jourdan Ford | Alabama | 1857 | 10 |
| Daniel Gails | Alabama | 1837 | 30 |
| George Gilbert | Virginia | 1842 | |
| Josephus Givens | Alabama | 1852 | 12 |
| Anderson Graham | Alabama | 1857 | 1 |
| Granville Graves | |||
| William Green | Virginia | 1866 | 1 |
| Dick Hancock | Alabama | 1854 | 13 |
| Issac Hancock | Alabama | ||
| Henry Harris | South Carolina | 1860 | 7 |
| Thomas Harris | South Carolina | 1859 | 10 |
| Aaron Hauze | |||
| Stepney Hearndon | Alabama | 1860 | 7 |
| Aaron Hicks | Virginia | 1861 | 8 |
| Napoleon B. Hicks | Georgia | 1851 | 16 |
| Joseph Hinton | Georgia | 1853 | 14 |
| Aaron Holley | Alabama | 1859 | 8 |
| Reece Holley | Alabama | 1860 | 7 |
| Thomas Holly | |||
| Gilbert Horton | Georgia | 1849 | |
| Ceborn Huckett | Georgia | 1853 | 14 |
| Allen Hudson | |||
| John Hunley | Mississippi | 1855 | |
| Albert Jackson | Mississippi | 1847 | 20 |
| Andrew Jackson | Virginia | 1863 | 4 |
| John Jackson | Alabama | 1853 | 1 |
| Sam Jackson | Virginia | 1859 | 8 |
| Jesse Jenkins | Louisiana | 1863 | 4 |
| Kerry Jenkins | Tennessee | 1849 | 20 |
| Henry Jenning | Missouri | 1852 | 6 |
| Andrew Johnson | Georgia | 1853 | 14 |
| Foutain Johnson | Virginia | 1860 | 1 |
| George Johnson | Georgia | 1862 | 5 |
Sources
These names come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Houston County's entries were written out by hand, so registrars spelled each name as they heard it. About Enslaved Texas.
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