1867–1870 voter registration · 497 records

From Missouri to Texas: 497 freedmen born in Missouri

Missouri appears as the reported birthplace of 497 freedmen in the 1867–1870 Texas voter registration, 2 percent of the 33,082 records published here. Most registered in Dallas County (41), Grayson County (41) and Collin County (29). The earliest arrival reported in this group is 1807, and half reported 1861 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 Missouri highlighted
Missouri on the 1870 map of the United States
497
Freedmen
2 percent
Share of the index
55
Counties
1807
Earliest reported arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where they registered

Texas counties where registrants born in Missouri registered
CountyRegistrantsShare
Dallas County418 percent
Grayson County418 percent
Collin County296 percent
Bexar County296 percent
Fayette County275 percent
Harrison County265 percent
Caldwell County255 percent
Tarrant County235 percent
Bastrop County204 percent
Walker County184 percent
Cooke County163 percent
Hill County143 percent
Freestone County122 percent
Williamson County112 percent
Guadalupe County112 percent
Colorado County102 percent
Brazoria County92 percent
Hopkins County92 percent
Austin County92 percent
Bowie County82 percent
Lamar County82 percent
Galveston County82 percent
Burnet County61 percent
Hays County61 percent
Kaufman County61 percent
Anderson County61 percent
Leon County51 percent
Hunt County51 percent
Denton County51 percent
Wood County4fewer than 1 percent
Cameron County4fewer than 1 percent
Cherokee County4fewer than 1 percent
Fannin County4fewer than 1 percent
Matagorda County4fewer than 1 percent
Shelby County4fewer than 1 percent
Jasper County3fewer than 1 percent
San Augustine County3fewer than 1 percent
Johnson County3fewer than 1 percent
Fort Bend County2fewer than 1 percent
Davis County2fewer than 1 percent
Lampasas County2fewer than 1 percent
Wilson County2fewer than 1 percent
Newton County1fewer than 1 percent
Atascosa County1fewer than 1 percent
Comanche County1fewer than 1 percent
Comal County1fewer than 1 percent
Chambers County1fewer than 1 percent
Houston County1fewer than 1 percent
Wise County1fewer than 1 percent
Karnes County1fewer than 1 percent
Erath County1fewer than 1 percent
El Paso County1fewer than 1 percent
Liberty County1fewer than 1 percent
Madison County1fewer than 1 percent
Jack County1fewer than 1 percent

When they arrived

Reported arrival decades for registrants born in Missouri
DecadeRegistrants
1800s
1
1810s
0
1820s
0
1830s
7
1840s
55
1850s
112
1860s
314

The earliest arrivals on record

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