1867–1870 voter registration · 370 records

From Arkansas to Texas: 370 registrants born in Arkansas

Arkansas appears as the reported birthplace of 370 registrants in the 1867–1870 Texas voter registration, 1 percent of the 30,209 records published here. Most registered in Harrison County (41), Bastrop County (28) and Anderson County (19). The earliest arrival reported in this group is 1831, and half reported 1857 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.

370
Registrants
1 percent
Share of the index
51
Counties
1831
Earliest reported arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where they registered

Texas counties where registrants born in Arkansas registered
CountyRegistrantsShare
Harrison County4111 percent
Bastrop County288 percent
Anderson County195 percent
Davis County185 percent
Walker County154 percent
Fayette County154 percent
Bexar County144 percent
Grayson County144 percent
Guadalupe County134 percent
Bowie County134 percent
Hunt County123 percent
Madison County123 percent
Hays County123 percent
Caldwell County113 percent
Shelby County113 percent
Cherokee County92 percent
Freestone County92 percent
Dallas County92 percent
Wood County82 percent
Hopkins County82 percent
Fannin County72 percent
Leon County62 percent
Colorado County62 percent
Van Zandt County51 percent
Hill County51 percent
Houston County41 percent
Brazoria County41 percent
Tarrant County41 percent
Collin County41 percent
Austin County41 percent
Cooke County3fewer than 1 percent
Comal County3fewer than 1 percent
Parker County3fewer than 1 percent
Atascosa County2fewer than 1 percent
Cameron County2fewer than 1 percent
Denton County2fewer than 1 percent
DeWitt County1fewer than 1 percent
Erath County1fewer than 1 percent
Comanche County1fewer than 1 percent
Chambers County1fewer than 1 percent
Hood County1fewer than 1 percent
Johnson County1fewer than 1 percent
Karnes County1fewer than 1 percent
Burnet County1fewer than 1 percent
Matagorda County1fewer than 1 percent
Montague County1fewer than 1 percent
Nueces County1fewer than 1 percent
Orange County1fewer than 1 percent
San Augustine County1fewer than 1 percent
Wilson County1fewer than 1 percent
Wise County1fewer than 1 percent

When they arrived

Reported arrival decades for registrants born in Arkansas
DecadeRegistrants
1830s
7
1840s
69
1850s
132
1860s
160

The earliest arrivals on record

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