1867–1870 voter registration · 3,301 records

From Alabama to Texas: 3,301 freedmen born in Alabama

Alabama appears as the reported birthplace of 3,301 freedmen in the 1867–1870 Texas voter registration, 10 percent of the 32,476 records published here. Most registered in Harrison County (417), Walker County (379) and Freestone County (316). The earliest arrival reported in this group is 1818, 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama highlighted
Alabama on the 1870 map of the United States
3,301
Freedmen
10 percent
Share of the index
71
Counties
1818
Earliest reported arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where they registered

Texas counties where registrants born in Alabama registered
CountyRegistrantsShare
Harrison County41713 percent
Walker County37911 percent
Freestone County31610 percent
Austin County2257 percent
Anderson County1795 percent
Fayette County1595 percent
Leon County1414 percent
Colorado County1214 percent
Cherokee County1184 percent
Davis County1033 percent
Bastrop County983 percent
Brazoria County933 percent
Bowie County652 percent
Matagorda County612 percent
Shelby County602 percent
Caldwell County542 percent
Henderson County522 percent
Houston County421 percent
Madison County411 percent
Jasper County391 percent
Guadalupe County381 percent
Wood County33fewer than 1 percent
Hopkins County33fewer than 1 percent
San Augustine County32fewer than 1 percent
Bexar County32fewer than 1 percent
Tarrant County28fewer than 1 percent
Van Zandt County26fewer than 1 percent
Fort Bend County26fewer than 1 percent
Lamar County25fewer than 1 percent
Grayson County21fewer than 1 percent
Angelina County21fewer than 1 percent
Dallas County20fewer than 1 percent
Newton County17fewer than 1 percent
Hays County17fewer than 1 percent
Johnson County14fewer than 1 percent
Kaufman County13fewer than 1 percent
Collin County11fewer than 1 percent
Hill County10fewer than 1 percent
Chambers County9fewer than 1 percent
Parker County9fewer than 1 percent
Cameron County8fewer than 1 percent
Cooke County8fewer than 1 percent
Williamson County8fewer than 1 percent
Hunt County7fewer than 1 percent
Hidalgo County7fewer than 1 percent
Orange County7fewer than 1 percent
Galveston County7fewer than 1 percent
Wilson County5fewer than 1 percent
Hardin County5fewer than 1 percent
Lampasas County4fewer than 1 percent
Nueces County4fewer than 1 percent
Comal County4fewer than 1 percent
Atascosa County4fewer than 1 percent
Fannin County4fewer than 1 percent
Trinity County2fewer than 1 percent
Karnes County2fewer than 1 percent
Bee County2fewer than 1 percent
Burnet County2fewer than 1 percent
Comanche County1fewer than 1 percent
Kerr County1fewer than 1 percent
Hood County1fewer than 1 percent
Erath County1fewer than 1 percent
DeWitt County1fewer than 1 percent
Liberty County1fewer than 1 percent
Montague County1fewer than 1 percent
Denton County1fewer than 1 percent
Gillespie County1fewer than 1 percent
Refugio County1fewer than 1 percent
Blanco County1fewer than 1 percent
Tyler County1fewer than 1 percent
Upshur County1fewer than 1 percent

When they arrived

Reported arrival decades for registrants born in Alabama
DecadeRegistrants
1810s
1
1820s
7
1830s
61
1840s
580
1850s
1,532
1860s
1,061

The earliest arrivals on record

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