1867–1870 voter registration · 3,008 records

From Alabama to Texas: 3,008 registrants born in Alabama

Alabama appears as the reported birthplace of 3,008 registrants in the 1867–1870 Texas voter registration, 10 percent of the 30,209 records published here. Most registered in Harrison County (417), Walker County (373) and Freestone County (315). The earliest arrival reported in this group is 1821, and half reported 1855 or earlier. Every entry comes from the handwritten ledgers kept by the boards of registrars and digitized by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

3,008
Registrants
10 percent
Share of the index
65
Counties
1821
Earliest reported arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where they registered

Texas counties where registrants born in Alabama registered
CountyRegistrantsShare
Harrison County41714 percent
Walker County37312 percent
Freestone County31510 percent
Austin County2348 percent
Anderson County1776 percent
Fayette County1595 percent
Leon County1415 percent
Colorado County1214 percent
Cherokee County1124 percent
Davis County1064 percent
Bastrop County993 percent
Bowie County662 percent
Shelby County602 percent
Caldwell County552 percent
Houston County421 percent
Madison County411 percent
Guadalupe County381 percent
Wood County331 percent
Hopkins County331 percent
Bexar County321 percent
Tarrant County28fewer than 1 percent
Fort Bend County27fewer than 1 percent
Van Zandt County26fewer than 1 percent
Dallas County22fewer than 1 percent
Grayson County21fewer than 1 percent
Angelina County20fewer than 1 percent
Newton County17fewer than 1 percent
Hays County17fewer than 1 percent
Johnson County14fewer than 1 percent
San Augustine County12fewer than 1 percent
Collin County11fewer than 1 percent
Hill County10fewer than 1 percent
Chambers County10fewer than 1 percent
Jasper County9fewer than 1 percent
Parker County9fewer than 1 percent
Cooke County9fewer than 1 percent
Cameron County8fewer than 1 percent
Hidalgo County7fewer than 1 percent
Galveston County7fewer than 1 percent
Matagorda County7fewer than 1 percent
Hunt County7fewer than 1 percent
Orange County7fewer than 1 percent
Hardin County6fewer than 1 percent
Wilson County5fewer than 1 percent
Comal County4fewer than 1 percent
Atascosa County4fewer than 1 percent
Fannin County4fewer than 1 percent
Lampasas County4fewer than 1 percent
Nueces County3fewer than 1 percent
Karnes County2fewer than 1 percent
Bee County2fewer than 1 percent
Burnet County2fewer than 1 percent
Refugio County1fewer than 1 percent
Comanche County1fewer than 1 percent
Tyler County1fewer than 1 percent
Blanco County1fewer than 1 percent
Denton County1fewer than 1 percent
Kerr County1fewer than 1 percent
Hood County1fewer than 1 percent
Liberty County1fewer than 1 percent
Gillespie County1fewer than 1 percent
Montague County1fewer than 1 percent
Erath County1fewer than 1 percent
Jefferson County1fewer than 1 percent
DeWitt County1fewer than 1 percent

When they arrived

Reported arrival decades for registrants born in Alabama
DecadeRegistrants
1820s
4
1830s
54
1840s
529
1850s
1,406
1860s
986

The earliest arrivals on record

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