1867–1870 voter registration · 2,517 records

From Tennessee to Texas: 2,517 freedmen born in Tennessee

Tennessee appears as the reported birthplace of 2,517 freedmen in the 1867–1870 Texas voter registration, 8 percent of the 33,082 records published here. Most registered in Harrison County (247), Colorado County (199) and Bastrop County (180). 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee highlighted
Tennessee on the 1870 map of the United States
2,517
Freedmen
8 percent
Share of the index
72
Counties
1819
Earliest reported arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where they registered

Texas counties where registrants born in Tennessee registered
CountyRegistrantsShare
Harrison County24710 percent
Colorado County1998 percent
Bastrop County1807 percent
Fayette County1365 percent
Cherokee County1205 percent
Anderson County894 percent
Dallas County873 percent
Grayson County813 percent
Caldwell County723 percent
Lamar County693 percent
Walker County683 percent
Bexar County643 percent
Brazoria County622 percent
Bowie County612 percent
Freestone County602 percent
Guadalupe County582 percent
Leon County552 percent
San Augustine County542 percent
Collin County462 percent
Davis County432 percent
Williamson County402 percent
Hill County402 percent
Austin County402 percent
Shelby County402 percent
Henderson County382 percent
Tarrant County382 percent
Hopkins County321 percent
Kaufman County311 percent
Wood County301 percent
Hunt County301 percent
Hays County281 percent
Van Zandt County19fewer than 1 percent
Parker County19fewer than 1 percent
Cooke County18fewer than 1 percent
Denton County18fewer than 1 percent
Fannin County18fewer than 1 percent
Madison County17fewer than 1 percent
Johnson County16fewer than 1 percent
Matagorda County13fewer than 1 percent
Wilson County12fewer than 1 percent
Jasper County12fewer than 1 percent
Houston County11fewer than 1 percent
Comal County10fewer than 1 percent
Angelina County9fewer than 1 percent
Liberty County8fewer than 1 percent
Burnet County8fewer than 1 percent
Fort Bend County8fewer than 1 percent
Newton County7fewer than 1 percent
Hood County6fewer than 1 percent
Galveston County6fewer than 1 percent
Orange County4fewer than 1 percent
Kerr County4fewer than 1 percent
Cameron County4fewer than 1 percent
Nueces County3fewer than 1 percent
Lampasas County3fewer than 1 percent
DeWitt County3fewer than 1 percent
Hidalgo County2fewer than 1 percent
Erath County2fewer than 1 percent
Comanche County2fewer than 1 percent
San Patricio County2fewer than 1 percent
Chambers County2fewer than 1 percent
Atascosa County2fewer than 1 percent
Wise County2fewer than 1 percent
Trinity County1fewer than 1 percent
Tyler County1fewer than 1 percent
Karnes County1fewer than 1 percent
Blanco County1fewer than 1 percent
Hardin County1fewer than 1 percent
Sabine County1fewer than 1 percent
Jack County1fewer than 1 percent
Young County1fewer than 1 percent
Medina County1fewer than 1 percent

When they arrived

Reported arrival decades for registrants born in Tennessee
DecadeRegistrants
1810s
1
1820s
8
1830s
69
1840s
434
1850s
1,069
1860s
902

The earliest arrivals on record

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