1867–1870 voter registration · 2,978 records

From Virginia to Texas: 2,978 registrants born in Virginia

Virginia appears as the reported birthplace of 2,978 registrants in the 1867–1870 Texas voter registration, 10 percent of the 30,209 records published here. Most registered in Harrison County (328), Colorado County (262) and Brazoria County (255). The earliest arrival reported in this group is 1812, 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.

2,978
Registrants
10 percent
Share of the index
71
Counties
1812
Earliest reported arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where they registered

Texas counties where registrants born in Virginia registered
CountyRegistrantsShare
Harrison County32811 percent
Colorado County2629 percent
Brazoria County2559 percent
Fayette County2368 percent
Walker County1967 percent
Austin County1756 percent
Anderson County1395 percent
Bastrop County1244 percent
Freestone County1134 percent
Bexar County923 percent
Leon County843 percent
Cherokee County813 percent
Guadalupe County753 percent
Davis County632 percent
Caldwell County582 percent
Dallas County572 percent
Grayson County482 percent
Bowie County472 percent
Houston County331 percent
Shelby County321 percent
Hopkins County311 percent
Collin County26fewer than 1 percent
Madison County25fewer than 1 percent
Cameron County25fewer than 1 percent
San Augustine County25fewer than 1 percent
Fort Bend County25fewer than 1 percent
Van Zandt County24fewer than 1 percent
Galveston County21fewer than 1 percent
Wood County19fewer than 1 percent
Chambers County19fewer than 1 percent
Tarrant County18fewer than 1 percent
Hill County18fewer than 1 percent
Matagorda County16fewer than 1 percent
Parker County13fewer than 1 percent
Hunt County13fewer than 1 percent
Nueces County13fewer than 1 percent
Angelina County12fewer than 1 percent
Comal County12fewer than 1 percent
Hays County11fewer than 1 percent
Karnes County10fewer than 1 percent
Johnson County9fewer than 1 percent
Fannin County9fewer than 1 percent
Wilson County8fewer than 1 percent
Burnet County8fewer than 1 percent
Orange County8fewer than 1 percent
Newton County7fewer than 1 percent
DeWitt County6fewer than 1 percent
Cooke County6fewer than 1 percent
Jasper County5fewer than 1 percent
Sabine County5fewer than 1 percent
Bee County4fewer than 1 percent
Denton County4fewer than 1 percent
Atascosa County4fewer than 1 percent
Blanco County3fewer than 1 percent
San Patricio County2fewer than 1 percent
Live Oak County1fewer than 1 percent
Lampasas County1fewer than 1 percent
Lamar County1fewer than 1 percent
Kaufman County1fewer than 1 percent
Hood County1fewer than 1 percent
Henderson County1fewer than 1 percent
Smith County1fewer than 1 percent
Starr County1fewer than 1 percent
Hardin County1fewer than 1 percent
Tyler County1fewer than 1 percent
Gillespie County1fewer than 1 percent
Erath County1fewer than 1 percent
Ellis County1fewer than 1 percent
Wise County1fewer than 1 percent
Llano County1fewer than 1 percent
El Paso County1fewer than 1 percent

When they arrived

Reported arrival decades for registrants born in Virginia
DecadeRegistrants
1810s
5
1820s
18
1830s
93
1840s
495
1850s
1,184
1860s
1,168

The earliest arrivals on record

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