1867–1870 voter registration · 399 records

From Maryland to Texas: 399 freedmen born in Maryland

Maryland appears as the reported birthplace of 399 freedmen in the 1867–1870 Texas voter registration, 1 percent of the 32,476 records published here. Most registered in Harrison County (44), Brazoria County (28) and Colorado County (27). The earliest arrival reported in this group is 1807, 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 Maryland highlighted
Maryland on the 1870 map of the United States
399
Freedmen
1 percent
Share of the index
53
Counties
1807
Earliest reported arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where they registered

Texas counties where registrants born in Maryland registered
CountyRegistrantsShare
Harrison County4411 percent
Brazoria County287 percent
Colorado County277 percent
Walker County267 percent
Austin County256 percent
Bexar County195 percent
Leon County185 percent
Fayette County174 percent
Cherokee County164 percent
Bastrop County133 percent
Anderson County123 percent
Freestone County123 percent
Matagorda County123 percent
Hopkins County113 percent
Guadalupe County103 percent
Wood County72 percent
Madison County72 percent
Jasper County62 percent
Bowie County51 percent
Dallas County51 percent
Hays County51 percent
San Augustine County51 percent
Galveston County51 percent
Houston County41 percent
Caldwell County41 percent
Davis County41 percent
Hill County41 percent
Shelby County3fewer than 1 percent
Tarrant County3fewer than 1 percent
Orange County3fewer than 1 percent
Kaufman County3fewer than 1 percent
Chambers County3fewer than 1 percent
Cameron County2fewer than 1 percent
Denton County2fewer than 1 percent
Fort Bend County2fewer than 1 percent
Wilson County2fewer than 1 percent
Grayson County2fewer than 1 percent
Henderson County2fewer than 1 percent
Lamar County2fewer than 1 percent
Newton County2fewer than 1 percent
Nueces County2fewer than 1 percent
Parker County2fewer than 1 percent
Van Zandt County2fewer than 1 percent
Williamson County2fewer than 1 percent
Hunt County1fewer than 1 percent
San Patricio County1fewer than 1 percent
Fannin County1fewer than 1 percent
Erath County1fewer than 1 percent
Blanco County1fewer than 1 percent
DeWitt County1fewer than 1 percent
Atascosa County1fewer than 1 percent
Johnson County1fewer than 1 percent
Comal County1fewer than 1 percent

When they arrived

Reported arrival decades for registrants born in Maryland
DecadeRegistrants
1800s
1
1810s
0
1820s
4
1830s
6
1840s
57
1850s
135
1860s
189

The earliest arrivals on record

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