1867–1870 voter registration · 1,609 records

From South Carolina to Texas: 1,609 registrants born in South Carolina

South Carolina appears as the reported birthplace of 1,609 registrants in the 1867–1870 Texas voter registration, 5 percent of the 30,209 records published here. Most registered in Harrison County (226), Brazoria County (184) and Austin County (123). The earliest arrival reported in this group is 1821, 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.

1,609
Registrants
5 percent
Share of the index
63
Counties
1821
Earliest reported arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where they registered

Texas counties where registrants born in South Carolina registered
CountyRegistrantsShare
Harrison County22614 percent
Brazoria County18411 percent
Austin County1238 percent
Walker County1057 percent
Freestone County1036 percent
Colorado County976 percent
Anderson County956 percent
Fayette County644 percent
Bastrop County453 percent
Leon County402 percent
Davis County392 percent
Bexar County372 percent
Grayson County362 percent
Shelby County352 percent
Bowie County312 percent
Cherokee County302 percent
Guadalupe County282 percent
Caldwell County262 percent
Houston County231 percent
Madison County191 percent
Wood County14fewer than 1 percent
Hopkins County14fewer than 1 percent
Newton County12fewer than 1 percent
Chambers County12fewer than 1 percent
Dallas County11fewer than 1 percent
Collin County11fewer than 1 percent
Wilson County11fewer than 1 percent
Hunt County10fewer than 1 percent
Hill County10fewer than 1 percent
Fort Bend County9fewer than 1 percent
Van Zandt County8fewer than 1 percent
Johnson County7fewer than 1 percent
Tarrant County7fewer than 1 percent
Burnet County7fewer than 1 percent
Hays County6fewer than 1 percent
Cameron County6fewer than 1 percent
Nueces County5fewer than 1 percent
Angelina County5fewer than 1 percent
San Augustine County5fewer than 1 percent
Cooke County4fewer than 1 percent
Galveston County4fewer than 1 percent
Comal County4fewer than 1 percent
Jasper County4fewer than 1 percent
Matagorda County4fewer than 1 percent
Atascosa County3fewer than 1 percent
Denton County3fewer than 1 percent
Parker County3fewer than 1 percent
Orange County3fewer than 1 percent
Sabine County2fewer than 1 percent
Erath County2fewer than 1 percent
Hardin County2fewer than 1 percent
Karnes County2fewer than 1 percent
Hood County2fewer than 1 percent
Fannin County2fewer than 1 percent
Lampasas County1fewer than 1 percent
Llano County1fewer than 1 percent
Kerr County1fewer than 1 percent
San Patricio County1fewer than 1 percent
Hamilton County1fewer than 1 percent
Starr County1fewer than 1 percent
Comanche County1fewer than 1 percent
Tyler County1fewer than 1 percent
Live Oak County1fewer than 1 percent

When they arrived

Reported arrival decades for registrants born in South Carolina
DecadeRegistrants
1820s
8
1830s
40
1840s
278
1850s
688
1860s
582

The earliest arrivals on record

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