1867–1870 voter registration · 424 records

From Arkansas to Texas: 424 freedmen born in Arkansas

Arkansas appears as the reported birthplace of 424 freedmen in the 1867–1870 Texas voter registration, 1 percent of the 32,476 records published here. Most registered in Harrison County (41), Bastrop County (26) and Anderson County (19). The earliest arrival reported in this group is 1831, and half reported 1859 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 Arkansas highlighted
Arkansas on the 1870 map of the United States
424
Freedmen
1 percent
Share of the index
58
Counties
1831
Earliest reported arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where they registered

Texas counties where registrants born in Arkansas registered
CountyRegistrantsShare
Harrison County4110 percent
Bastrop County266 percent
Anderson County194 percent
Williamson County184 percent
Davis County184 percent
Fayette County164 percent
Walker County154 percent
Grayson County143 percent
Guadalupe County133 percent
Lamar County133 percent
Bexar County133 percent
Madison County123 percent
Hunt County123 percent
Bowie County123 percent
Hays County123 percent
Caldwell County113 percent
Shelby County113 percent
Dallas County102 percent
Freestone County92 percent
Henderson County82 percent
Hopkins County82 percent
Wood County82 percent
Kaufman County72 percent
Fannin County72 percent
Colorado County72 percent
Cherokee County72 percent
Leon County61 percent
Austin County61 percent
Van Zandt County51 percent
Hill County51 percent
Tarrant County4fewer than 1 percent
Brazoria County4fewer than 1 percent
Comal County4fewer than 1 percent
Houston County4fewer than 1 percent
San Augustine County4fewer than 1 percent
Collin County3fewer than 1 percent
Matagorda County3fewer than 1 percent
Parker County3fewer than 1 percent
Cooke County3fewer than 1 percent
Atascosa County2fewer than 1 percent
Trinity County2fewer than 1 percent
Cameron County2fewer than 1 percent
Denton County2fewer than 1 percent
Orange County1fewer than 1 percent
Chambers County1fewer than 1 percent
Burnet County1fewer than 1 percent
Blanco County1fewer than 1 percent
Wilson County1fewer than 1 percent
Hood County1fewer than 1 percent
Erath County1fewer than 1 percent
Wise County1fewer than 1 percent
Jasper County1fewer than 1 percent
Johnson County1fewer than 1 percent
Karnes County1fewer than 1 percent
DeWitt County1fewer than 1 percent
Comanche County1fewer than 1 percent
Montague County1fewer than 1 percent
Nueces County1fewer than 1 percent

When they arrived

Reported arrival decades for registrants born in Arkansas
DecadeRegistrants
1830s
9
1840s
76
1850s
137
1860s
198

The earliest arrivals on record

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