1867–1870 voter registration · 2,427 records

From Georgia to Texas: 2,427 freedmen born in Georgia

Georgia appears as the reported birthplace of 2,427 freedmen in the 1867–1870 Texas voter registration, 7 percent of the 32,476 records published here. Most registered in Harrison County (406), Davis County (228) and Bastrop County (149). The earliest arrival reported in this group is 1819, 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia highlighted
Georgia on the 1870 map of the United States
2,427
Freedmen
7 percent
Share of the index
65
Counties
1819
Earliest reported arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where they registered

Texas counties where registrants born in Georgia registered
CountyRegistrantsShare
Harrison County40617 percent
Davis County2289 percent
Bastrop County1496 percent
Freestone County1135 percent
Anderson County1125 percent
Austin County1115 percent
Fayette County1064 percent
Brazoria County1064 percent
Walker County1024 percent
Colorado County843 percent
Cherokee County723 percent
Wood County703 percent
Shelby County673 percent
Jasper County592 percent
Hopkins County502 percent
Caldwell County392 percent
Leon County351 percent
Guadalupe County341 percent
Henderson County331 percent
San Augustine County321 percent
Bowie County291 percent
Bexar County291 percent
Matagorda County271 percent
Madison County24fewer than 1 percent
Houston County22fewer than 1 percent
Van Zandt County22fewer than 1 percent
Newton County21fewer than 1 percent
Hays County20fewer than 1 percent
Hunt County18fewer than 1 percent
Dallas County16fewer than 1 percent
Grayson County14fewer than 1 percent
Lamar County13fewer than 1 percent
Williamson County12fewer than 1 percent
Kaufman County11fewer than 1 percent
Collin County11fewer than 1 percent
Hardin County11fewer than 1 percent
Sabine County10fewer than 1 percent
Angelina County10fewer than 1 percent
Parker County9fewer than 1 percent
Johnson County8fewer than 1 percent
Nueces County7fewer than 1 percent
Hill County7fewer than 1 percent
Fort Bend County7fewer than 1 percent
Denton County7fewer than 1 percent
Galveston County5fewer than 1 percent
Chambers County5fewer than 1 percent
Comal County5fewer than 1 percent
Cooke County4fewer than 1 percent
Atascosa County4fewer than 1 percent
Trinity County4fewer than 1 percent
Hood County3fewer than 1 percent
Tarrant County3fewer than 1 percent
Tyler County3fewer than 1 percent
Cameron County2fewer than 1 percent
Burnet County2fewer than 1 percent
Fannin County2fewer than 1 percent
Wilson County2fewer than 1 percent
Orange County2fewer than 1 percent
Karnes County2fewer than 1 percent
Comanche County1fewer than 1 percent
Montague County1fewer than 1 percent
Wise County1fewer than 1 percent
Liberty County1fewer than 1 percent
Upshur County1fewer than 1 percent
Nacogdoches County1fewer than 1 percent

When they arrived

Reported arrival decades for registrants born in Georgia
DecadeRegistrants
1810s
1
1820s
11
1830s
46
1840s
305
1850s
1,186
1860s
806

The earliest arrivals on record

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