1867–1870 voter registration · 2,259 records

From Georgia to Texas: 2,259 registrants born in Georgia

Georgia appears as the reported birthplace of 2,259 registrants in the 1867–1870 Texas voter registration, 7 percent of the 30,209 records published here. Most registered in Harrison County (406), Davis County (230) and Bastrop County (148). 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.

2,259
Registrants
7 percent
Share of the index
58
Counties
1819
Earliest reported arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where they registered

Texas counties where registrants born in Georgia registered
CountyRegistrantsShare
Harrison County40618 percent
Davis County23010 percent
Bastrop County1487 percent
Austin County1175 percent
Freestone County1135 percent
Anderson County1125 percent
Brazoria County1075 percent
Fayette County1055 percent
Walker County1025 percent
Colorado County824 percent
Wood County703 percent
Cherokee County693 percent
Shelby County673 percent
Hopkins County502 percent
Caldwell County392 percent
Guadalupe County352 percent
Leon County352 percent
Bexar County291 percent
Bowie County281 percent
Madison County241 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
San Augustine County12fewer than 1 percent
Hardin County12fewer than 1 percent
Angelina County11fewer than 1 percent
Parker County10fewer than 1 percent
Sabine County10fewer than 1 percent
Collin County9fewer than 1 percent
Nueces County8fewer than 1 percent
Johnson County8fewer than 1 percent
Hill County7fewer than 1 percent
Fort Bend County7fewer than 1 percent
Denton County7fewer than 1 percent
Chambers County5fewer than 1 percent
Jasper County5fewer than 1 percent
Comal County5fewer than 1 percent
Atascosa County4fewer than 1 percent
Cooke County4fewer than 1 percent
Galveston County4fewer than 1 percent
Tarrant County4fewer than 1 percent
Hood County3fewer than 1 percent
Cameron County3fewer than 1 percent
Matagorda County3fewer than 1 percent
Tyler County3fewer than 1 percent
Orange County2fewer than 1 percent
Burnet County2fewer than 1 percent
Karnes County2fewer than 1 percent
Wilson County2fewer than 1 percent
Fannin County2fewer than 1 percent
Comanche County1fewer than 1 percent
Liberty County1fewer than 1 percent
Wise County1fewer than 1 percent
Montague County1fewer than 1 percent

When they arrived

Reported arrival decades for registrants born in Georgia
DecadeRegistrants
1810s
1
1820s
12
1830s
45
1840s
294
1850s
1,155
1860s
735

The earliest arrivals on record

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