1867–1870 voter registration · 1,917 records

From North Carolina to Texas: 1,917 registrants born in North Carolina

North Carolina appears as the reported birthplace of 1,917 registrants in the 1867–1870 Texas voter registration, 6 percent of the 30,209 records published here. Most registered in Harrison County (309), Colorado County (169) and Austin County (162). The earliest arrival reported in this group is 1818, and half reported 1855 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.

1,917
Registrants
6 percent
Share of the index
59
Counties
1818
Earliest reported arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where they registered

Texas counties where registrants born in North Carolina registered
CountyRegistrantsShare
Harrison County30916 percent
Colorado County1699 percent
Austin County1628 percent
Walker County1297 percent
Fayette County1206 percent
Brazoria County975 percent
Leon County804 percent
Freestone County744 percent
Anderson County694 percent
Davis County613 percent
Guadalupe County583 percent
Bastrop County533 percent
Bowie County523 percent
Cherokee County513 percent
Bexar County392 percent
Caldwell County372 percent
Hopkins County342 percent
Wood County241 percent
Shelby County241 percent
Dallas County221 percent
Madison County19fewer than 1 percent
Hunt County16fewer than 1 percent
Collin County15fewer than 1 percent
San Augustine County14fewer than 1 percent
Comal County14fewer than 1 percent
Houston County13fewer than 1 percent
Tarrant County12fewer than 1 percent
Fort Bend County12fewer than 1 percent
Grayson County11fewer than 1 percent
Van Zandt County11fewer than 1 percent
Hill County9fewer than 1 percent
Hays County8fewer than 1 percent
Angelina County8fewer than 1 percent
Newton County8fewer than 1 percent
Johnson County7fewer than 1 percent
Erath County6fewer than 1 percent
Matagorda County6fewer than 1 percent
Wilson County6fewer than 1 percent
Fannin County5fewer than 1 percent
Galveston County5fewer than 1 percent
Parker County5fewer than 1 percent
Jasper County4fewer than 1 percent
Cooke County4fewer than 1 percent
Denton County4fewer than 1 percent
Hood County4fewer than 1 percent
Nueces County3fewer than 1 percent
Tyler County3fewer than 1 percent
Cameron County3fewer than 1 percent
DeWitt County3fewer than 1 percent
Burnet County2fewer than 1 percent
Atascosa County2fewer than 1 percent
Kerr County2fewer than 1 percent
Karnes County2fewer than 1 percent
Hardin County2fewer than 1 percent
Montague County1fewer than 1 percent
Medina County1fewer than 1 percent
Chambers County1fewer than 1 percent
Live Oak County1fewer than 1 percent
Lampasas County1fewer than 1 percent

When they arrived

Reported arrival decades for registrants born in North Carolina
DecadeRegistrants
1810s
1
1820s
4
1830s
51
1840s
385
1850s
791
1860s
675

The earliest arrivals on record

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