1867–1870 voter registration · 1,977 records

Born in Texas: 1,977 freedmen

Texas appears as the reported birthplace of 1,977 freedmen in the 1867–1870 Texas voter registration, 6 percent of the 33,096 records published here. Most registered in Brazoria County (208), Austin County (185) and Harrison County (130). The earliest arrival reported in this group is 1811, and half reported 1846 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 Texas highlighted
Texas on the 1870 map of the United States
1,977
Freedmen
6 percent
Share of the index
70
Counties
1811
Earliest reported arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where they registered

Texas counties where registrants born in Texas registered
CountyRegistrantsShare
Brazoria County20811 percent
Austin County1859 percent
Harrison County1307 percent
Bastrop County1156 percent
Colorado County1136 percent
San Augustine County1085 percent
Walker County915 percent
Fayette County874 percent
Matagorda County844 percent
Leon County653 percent
Bowie County653 percent
Shelby County593 percent
Fort Bend County412 percent
Madison County382 percent
Guadalupe County362 percent
Jasper County352 percent
Chambers County332 percent
Grayson County322 percent
Freestone County291 percent
Cherokee County251 percent
Williamson County231 percent
Davis County231 percent
Lamar County231 percent
Bexar County231 percent
Anderson County211 percent
Caldwell County211 percent
Sabine County16fewer than 1 percent
Newton County14fewer than 1 percent
Galveston County14fewer than 1 percent
Nueces County14fewer than 1 percent
Liberty County14fewer than 1 percent
Henderson County13fewer than 1 percent
Houston County12fewer than 1 percent
Kaufman County12fewer than 1 percent
DeWitt County11fewer than 1 percent
Hunt County10fewer than 1 percent
Hays County9fewer than 1 percent
Wilson County9fewer than 1 percent
Orange County8fewer than 1 percent
Comal County8fewer than 1 percent
Wood County7fewer than 1 percent
Tarrant County7fewer than 1 percent
Cooke County6fewer than 1 percent
Van Zandt County6fewer than 1 percent
Angelina County6fewer than 1 percent
Hopkins County6fewer than 1 percent
Collin County6fewer than 1 percent
Dallas County6fewer than 1 percent
Fannin County5fewer than 1 percent
Johnson County5fewer than 1 percent
Cameron County5fewer than 1 percent
Hill County4fewer than 1 percent
San Patricio County4fewer than 1 percent
Karnes County3fewer than 1 percent
Llano County3fewer than 1 percent
Atascosa County3fewer than 1 percent
Lampasas County2fewer than 1 percent
Burnet County2fewer than 1 percent
Hood County2fewer than 1 percent
Denton County2fewer than 1 percent
Hamilton County1fewer than 1 percent
Hardin County1fewer than 1 percent
Starr County1fewer than 1 percent
Limestone County1fewer than 1 percent
Tyler County1fewer than 1 percent
Hidalgo County1fewer than 1 percent
Gillespie County1fewer than 1 percent
Parker County1fewer than 1 percent
Montague County1fewer than 1 percent
Medina County1fewer than 1 percent

When they arrived

Reported arrival decades for registrants born in Texas
DecadeRegistrants
1810s
2
1820s
20
1830s
131
1840s
1,316
1850s
104
1860s
335

The earliest arrivals on record

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