1867–1870 voter registration · 2,278 records

From Tennessee to Texas: 2,278 registrants born in Tennessee

Tennessee appears as the reported birthplace of 2,278 registrants in the 1867–1870 Texas voter registration, 8 percent of the 30,209 records published here. Most registered in Harrison County (247), Colorado County (199) and Bastrop County (167). The earliest arrival reported in this group is 1819, 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.

2,278
Registrants
8 percent
Share of the index
69
Counties
1819
Earliest reported arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where they registered

Texas counties where registrants born in Tennessee registered
CountyRegistrantsShare
Harrison County24711 percent
Colorado County1999 percent
Bastrop County1677 percent
Fayette County1376 percent
Cherokee County1195 percent
Anderson County944 percent
Dallas County834 percent
Grayson County824 percent
Caldwell County713 percent
Bowie County673 percent
Walker County663 percent
Bexar County643 percent
Brazoria County623 percent
Freestone County603 percent
Guadalupe County562 percent
Leon County552 percent
Collin County442 percent
Davis County412 percent
Hill County412 percent
Austin County412 percent
Shelby County402 percent
Tarrant County382 percent
Hopkins County321 percent
Wood County301 percent
Hunt County301 percent
Hays County291 percent
San Augustine County271 percent
Parker County20fewer than 1 percent
Van Zandt County19fewer than 1 percent
Fannin County18fewer than 1 percent
Denton County18fewer than 1 percent
Madison County17fewer than 1 percent
Cooke County17fewer than 1 percent
Johnson County16fewer than 1 percent
Wilson County12fewer than 1 percent
Houston County11fewer than 1 percent
Comal County10fewer than 1 percent
Angelina County8fewer than 1 percent
Fort Bend County8fewer than 1 percent
Burnet County8fewer than 1 percent
Newton County7fewer than 1 percent
Galveston County6fewer than 1 percent
Hood County6fewer than 1 percent
Orange County4fewer than 1 percent
Matagorda County4fewer than 1 percent
Kerr County4fewer than 1 percent
Cameron County4fewer than 1 percent
DeWitt County3fewer than 1 percent
Lampasas County3fewer than 1 percent
Nueces County3fewer than 1 percent
Chambers County3fewer than 1 percent
Jasper County2fewer than 1 percent
Atascosa County2fewer than 1 percent
Blanco County2fewer than 1 percent
Comanche County2fewer than 1 percent
Erath County2fewer than 1 percent
Hidalgo County2fewer than 1 percent
Lamar County2fewer than 1 percent
San Patricio County2fewer than 1 percent
Wise County2fewer than 1 percent
Medina County1fewer than 1 percent
Kaufman County1fewer than 1 percent
Tyler County1fewer than 1 percent
Karnes County1fewer than 1 percent
Jack County1fewer than 1 percent
Henderson County1fewer than 1 percent
Young County1fewer than 1 percent
Sabine County1fewer than 1 percent
Hardin County1fewer than 1 percent

When they arrived

Reported arrival decades for registrants born in Tennessee
DecadeRegistrants
1810s
1
1820s
9
1830s
72
1840s
405
1850s
974
1860s
805

The earliest arrivals on record

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