Texas · 1867 voter registration
Freedmen surnames in Texas: genealogy from the 1867 voter registration
1,046 surnames were carried by five or more of the freedmen who registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870, 23,781 men in all. Choose a name to see the counties those men registered in, the birthplaces they reported, the years they reached Texas and the original handwritten register page for each. Registrars spelled by ear, so one name can sit under two spellings: try the sound of a name as well as its letters to find an African American ancestor in Texas.
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B
- Bailey 48
- Baily 8
- Baker 44
- Baldwin 8
- Ball 9
- Ballard 7
- Banfield 6
- Banks 79
- Bankston 6
- Barber 7
- Barker 5
- Barlow 10
- Barnes 34
- Barnett 16
- Barns 6
- Barrett 9
- Bartlett 5
- Bartley 5
- Barton 17
- Bass 5
- Bateman 6
- Bates 18
- Battle 23
- Baxter 8
- Baylor 6
- Beal 10
- Bean 8
- Beard 9
- Beckham 5
- Bedford 6
- Bee 8
- Bell 105
- Bend 6
- Benjamin 17
- Bennett 30
- Benson 14
- Benton 14
- Berry 36
- Bess 6
- Best 5
- Beverly 5
- Billips 5
- Bills 8
- Bird 19
- Bishop 9
- Black 41
- Blackburn 10
- Blackman 8
- Blackshaux 5
- Blackwell 28
- Blair 10
- Blake 13
- Bland 5
- Blanks 5
- Blocker 7
- Blount 5
- Blunt 12
- Bolden 6
- Bond 5
- Bonner 26
- Booker 20
- Boon 7
- Boone 8
- Booth 14
- Boston 7
- Bouldin 8
- Bowden 6
- Bowdry 5
- Bowen 11
- Bowers 7
- Bowie 8
- Bowler 6
- Bowlin 5
- Bowman 6
- Boyd 37
- Boykin 7
- Bradford 16
- Bradley 22
- Bradshaw 10
- Brady 6
- Bragg 6
- Branch 39
- Brewer 12
- Bridges 8
- Bright 5
- Brittain 5
- Brock 5
- Brockman 7
- Broduax 9
- Brooks 87
- Brothers 5
- Brown 421
- Browning 13
- Bruce 5
- Brum 7
- Bryan 15
- Bryant 58
- Buchanan 10
- Buckner 11
- Bull 5
- Bullard 6
- Burke 6
- Burks 5
- Burleson 14
- Burley 7
- Burnett 12
- Burney 7
- Burnham 6
- Burns 17
- Burrell 11
- Burt 7
- Burton 38
- Busby 15
- Bush 19
- Butcher 5
- Butler 61
- Byers 8
C
- Cade 5
- Cage 7
- Cain 13
- Calaway 7
- Calbert 5
- Caldwell 24
- Calhoun 16
- Calloway 8
- Calvin 11
- Cameron 6
- Campbell 61
- Cannon 8
- Carlton 8
- Carpenter 9
- Carr 28
- Carroll 19
- Carson 14
- Carter 148
- Cartwright 12
- Cary 5
- Casey 7
- Chambers 28
- Chandler 16
- Chaney 6
- Chapman 30
- Chappel 8
- Charles 6
- Chase 9
- Chatman 8
- Cherry 7
- Childers 11
- Childs 15
- Choice 8
- Christian 10
- Clark 100
- Clarke 15
- Clay 44
- Clayton 13
- Clements 5
- Cleveland 19
- Cloud 5
- Coalman 5
- Coats 6
- Cobb 10
- Coffee 8
- Cole 42
- Coleman 100
- Collier 13
- Collins 60
- Colman 8
- Colton 10
- Colwell 5
- Conley 9
- Conner 10
- Cook 47
- Cooper 68
- Copeland 10
- Cotton 11
- Courtney 5
- Cowan 5
- Cowen 5
- Cox 28
- Craft 9
- Craig 14
- Crain 6
- Crane 10
- Crawford 46
- Crawley 6
- Crenshaw 9
- Crisp 10
- Crocket 11
- Crockett 13
- Crook 5
- Cross 6
- Crow 8
- Crowder 6
- Crudup 5
- Crump 5
- Crutchfield 5
- Cummings 11
- Cummins 7
- Cunningham 9
- Curry 13
- Curtis 22
D
- Dabney 7
- Dade 7
- Dancy 6
- Daniel 42
- Daniels 42
- Danson 5
- Darden 11
- Davenport 16
- David 16
- Davidson 33
- Davis 343
- Dawson 27
- Day 27
- Dean 15
- Degrate 5
- Dennis 24
- Denson 5
- Dent 5
- Dibrell 5
- Dickenson 5
- Dickerson 15
- Dickey 7
- Dickinson 8
- Dickson 17
- Diggs 9
- Dillard 8
- Dilworth 5
- Dinkins 6
- Dixon 34
- Dodd 7
- Dodson 15
- Dolly 5
- Dorn 7
- Dorsey 10
- Douglas 19
- Douglass 27
- Downs 9
- Drake 14
- Driver 7
- Dudley 10
- Duke 12
- Dunbar 12
- Duncan 28
- Dunlap 5
- Dunn 15
- Dupree 5
- Durham 10
- Dyer 6
E
F
- Farmer 10
- Farr 6
- Fennel 7
- Ferguson 11
- Ferrell 8
- Field 9
- Fields 71
- Finley 6
- Fisher 50
- Fitzgerald 6
- Flemming 9
- Fletcher 19
- Flowers 8
- Floyd 17
- Fly 5
- Foley 10
- Ford 47
- Fort 17
- Forwood 6
- Foster 73
- Fountain 7
- Fourt 5
- Fowler 10
- Francis 15
- Frank 10
- Franklin 79
- Franks 9
- Frazier 19
- Frederick 5
- Freeman 35
- French 6
- Friday 5
- Fry 7
- Fuller 18
- Fulton 8
G
- Gafford 5
- Gainer 5
- Gaines 13
- Gale 7
- Gamble 12
- Garden 5
- Gardner 9
- Garland 11
- Garner 9
- Garret 9
- Garrett 61
- Gary 11
- Gaston 8
- Gates 19
- Gay 13
- George 34
- Gibbs 12
- Gibson 52
- Gilbert 22
- Giles 14
- Gill 7
- Gilmore 14
- Givens 12
- Glass 12
- Glaze 5
- Glenn 20
- Glover 29
- Goff 6
- Golden 6
- Good 9
- Goode 5
- Goodman 11
- Goodson 7
- Goodwin 13
- Gorden 7
- Gordon 44
- Gorman 11
- Goss 5
- Govan 5
- Graham 19
- Granger 5
- Grant 45
- Graves 37
- Gray 53
- Grayson 8
- Green 252
- Greene 10
- Greenwood 9
- Greer 12
- Gregg 12
- Gregory 15
- Grey 7
- Griffin 68
- Grimes 25
H
- Hackney 5
- Hadley 5
- Hadnot 5
- Hadnott 7
- Haggerty 15
- Haines 9
- Hale 8
- Haley 8
- Hall 107
- Halloway 5
- Ham 6
- Hambleton 5
- Hamilton 40
- Hammond 8
- Hammonds 6
- Hampton 37
- Hancock 15
- Handy 7
- Hanks 7
- Hannah 5
- Harbert 14
- Hardeman 18
- Harden 11
- Hardiman 10
- Hardin 11
- Hardy 13
- Hargrove 11
- Harmon 5
- Harper 18
- Harrell 5
- Harris 195
- Harrison 155
- Harry 6
- Hart 19
- Harvey 16
- Haskins 6
- Hatch 6
- Hawkins 58
- Hawks 5
- Hayes 15
- Haynes 21
- Hays 28
- Haywood 21
- Head 10
- Heard 19
- Hearn 6
- Hemphill 10
- Henderson 122
- Hendrick 6
- Hendricks 15
- Henry 105
- Henson 7
- Herndon 7
- Herring 6
- Hester 7
- Hewitt 5
- Hickman 8
- Hicks 32
- Higgins 17
- Hightower 25
- Hill 143
- Hilliard 13
- Hillyard 6
- Hines 26
- Hisan 6
- Hobbs 11
- Hodge 29
- Hodges 20
- Hogan 5
- Holland 19
- Holliday 8
- Hollin 6
- Holloway 8
- Holly 8
- Holman 15
- Holmes 42
- Holt 11
- Homes 10
- Hood 9
- Hooks 12
- Hooper 16
- Hopkins 15
- Hopson 6
- Horn 22
- Horton 16
- Houston 56
- Howard 54
- Howell 10
- Hubbard 29
- Hudson 23
- Huff 23
- Hughes 23
- Hume 5
- Humphreys 7
- Hunt 22
- Hunter 66
- Hurd 5
- Hutchins 5
- Hutchinson 14
- Hutchison 5
I
J
K
L
- Lackey 5
- Lacy 23
- Lambert 12
- Landers 6
- Landrum 8
- Lane 30
- Lang 24
- Langham 6
- Langley 6
- Lanier 7
- Larkin 8
- Latham 5
- Law 5
- Lawrence 18
- Laws 5
- Lawson 23
- Ledbetter 6
- Lee 116
- Lemon 5
- Lenard 5
- Leonard 7
- Lewis 219
- Lilly 8
- Limerick 5
- Lindsay 8
- Lister 7
- Little 15
- Littlefield 5
- Littlejohn 16
- Littleton 7
- Livingston 11
- Lockett 13
- Lockridge 5
- Logan 14
- Lomax 6
- London 5
- Long 29
- Lott 16
- Louis 14
- Love 40
- Low 5
- Lowe 10
- Loyd 9
- Lucas 11
- Lyles 6
- Lyons 13
M
- Macbeth 5
- Mack 26
- Mackey 7
- Madison 22
- Magee 8
- Mallard 5
- Malone 18
- Manley 5
- Mann 9
- Manning 19
- Manson 6
- Manuel 6
- Marion 5
- Marshall 39
- Martin 53
- Mason 39
- Massey 8
- Massie 5
- Mathews 37
- Mathis 9
- Matlock 5
- Mattews 6
- Matthews 21
- Matthis 6
- Maxey 5
- Maxwell 8
- May 26
- Mayberry 5
- Mayes 6
- Mayfield 9
- Mayo 11
- Mays 17
- Mc Donald 7
- McBride 8
- McCall 5
- McCarty 7
- McClain 6
- McCloud 6
- McCowen 7
- McCoy 12
- McCracken 6
- McCrary 6
- McCray 9
- McCulloch 6
- McDade 10
- McDaniel 27
- McDonald 27
- McFarland 6
- McGee 8
- McGuire 5
- McKee 6
- McKenzie 5
- McKey 7
- McKinney 21
- McKinsey 5
- McKnight 11
- McLamore 8
- McMillan 7
- McMillen 6
- McNeal 16
- McQueen 12
- McVea 8
- Meadows 6
- Means 6
- Meyers 6
- Middleton 11
- Miles 27
- Miller 119
- Millican 5
- Mills 28
- Milton 7
- Mims 6
- Mingo 5
- Minor 5
- Minter 9
- Mitchel 28
- Mitchell 73
- Moffett 6
- Monroe 28
- Montgomery 33
- Moody 10
- Moon 7
- Mooney 8
- Moore 213
- Morgan 48
- Morris 38
- Morrison 18
- Morton 14
- Moseley 16
- Mosely 20
- Moses 18
- Mosley 20
- Moss 14
- Mullins 7
- Mumford 6
- Munson 7
- Murphy 37
- Murray 24
- Murry 15
- Muse 5
- Myers 41
- Myres 5
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O
P
- Pace 9
- Page 27
- Paine 7
- Pallard 5
- Palmer 24
- Parish 7
- Parker 70
- Parks 16
- Patrick 11
- Patterson 39
- Patton 14
- Payne 27
- Peacock 7
- Pearce 9
- Pearson 11
- Peck 5
- Penn 8
- Peoples 6
- Perbasco 5
- Perkins 52
- Perry 61
- Perryman 6
- Peter 12
- Peters 13
- Peterson 23
- Pettis 7
- Petty 7
- Peyton 5
- Phelps 7
- Philips 23
- Phillips 47
- Pickens 5
- Pickett 6
- Pierce 15
- Pinchback 9
- Pinkney 5
- Pitman 6
- Pitts 8
- Polk 34
- Pollard 14
- Pool 9
- Pope 11
- Porter 56
- Posey 5
- Potts 20
- Powel 7
- Powell 57
- Powers 14
- Prather 5
- Pratt 7
- Prescott 5
- Presley 6
- Preston 13
- Price 88
- Prince 23
- Proctor 8
- Pruett 5
R
- Ragland 8
- Ramsey 10
- Randal 13
- Randall 28
- Randle 9
- Randol 5
- Randolph 16
- Randon 9
- Ransom 14
- Ratliff 5
- Rawls 5
- Ray 19
- Read 14
- Reagan 5
- Rector 9
- Red 8
- Redman 7
- Reece 6
- Reed 77
- Reese 11
- Reeves 24
- Reid 9
- Renfro 7
- Reynolds 12
- Rhodes 18
- Rice 17
- Richard 21
- Richards 32
- Richardson 79
- Richerson 6
- Richmond 7
- Ricks 14
- Ridge 5
- Ridley 6
- Right 8
- Riley 30
- Rivers 14
- Roach 9
- Robbins 14
- Roberson 39
- Robert 15
- Roberts 82
- Robertson 73
- Robins 6
- Robinson 153
- Robison 18
- Rochelle 6
- Rodgers 17
- Rogers 46
- Rollins 11
- Rosborough 7
- Rose 25
- Ross 77
- Roy 9
- Royal 5
- Rucker 26
- Ruffin 10
- Runnels 5
- Russel 8
- Russell 20
- Ruth 5
- Rutherford 11
- Ryan 8
S
- Sacy 6
- Saddler 7
- Saffold 6
- Sammuel 6
- Sampson 15
- Samuel 17
- Sanders 66
- Sanford 8
- Sapp 5
- Satterfield 5
- Saunders 17
- Sawrence 8
- Scott 178
- Scruggs 5
- Session 6
- Shannon 7
- Sharp 14
- Shaw 70
- Sheffield 6
- Shelby 14
- Sheldon 6
- Shelton 28
- Shepard 21
- Shephard 5
- Shepherd 10
- Sheppard 9
- Sherman 11
- Shields 26
- Short 6
- Sibley 5
- Sikes 7
- Silas 9
- Silly 5
- Simmons 60
- Simms 14
- Simon 11
- Simons 20
- Simpson 32
- Sims 32
- Singleton 11
- Sivingston 5
- Skinner 6
- Slack 5
- Slaughter 22
- Sledge 5
- Sloan 7
- Small 13
- Smallwood 8
- Smiley 5
- Smith 498
- Sneed 14
- Solomon 16
- Span 6
- Sparks 21
- Spears 16
- Speed 5
- Spencer 41
- Spikes 5
- Spiller 6
- Spillman 5
- Spiry 7
- Spriggs 6
- Squire 8
- Stafford 10
- Stamps 7
- Standley 5
- Stanley 10
- Starks 16
- Steel 15
- Steele 5
- Steem 5
- Stein 5
- Stephens 50
- Stephenson 15
- Steptoe 5
- Sterling 7
- Stevens 20
- Stevenson 10
- Steward 35
- Stewart 69
- Stokes 6
- Stone 21
- Stovall 6
- Strong 6
- Strother 5
- Stroud 5
- Stuart 11
- Stubblefield 15
- Sullivan 9
- Summerville 6
- Sutton 14
- Swanson 12
- Swift 6
T
- Tabor 5
- Tally 8
- Tanner 7
- Tarver 5
- Tate 7
- Tatum 12
- Taylor 277
- Teal 8
- Temple 5
- Terrell 5
- Terry 9
- Texas 5
- Thomas 269
- Thomason 22
- Thompson 178
- Thomson 10
- Thornton 18
- Thurman 5
- Tillman 10
- Tilman 5
- Tinsley 6
- Tipton 6
- Tisdale 5
- Todd 9
- Tolbert 8
- Toliver 8
- Tomlinson 10
- Towns 7
- Townsend 15
- Travis 9
- Traylor 8
- Trigg 17
- Trimble 5
- Trio 5
- Tubb 10
- Tucker 48
- Turner 117
- Tyler 22
V
W
- Waddle 6
- Wade 28
- Wadkins 5
- Wagoner 7
- Walken 5
- Walker 179
- Wall 7
- Wallace 41
- Waller 13
- Wallis 6
- Walls 6
- Walter 7
- Walters 6
- Walton 25
- Ward 45
- Ware 15
- Warner 11
- Warren 62
- Washington 293
- Waters 18
- Watkins 25
- Watson 88
- Watts 14
- Waul 6
- Weaver 15
- Webb 50
- Webster 10
- Weeks 9
- Welch 11
- Wells 36
- Wesley 24
- West 27
- Westbrooks 6
- Weston 7
- Whaley 8
- Wharton 6
- Wheat 6
- Wheeler 11
- Whitby 5
- White 173
- Whitehead 15
- Whitfield 20
- Whitley 5
- Whittaker 6
- Wiggins 17
- Wilborne 5
- Wilburn 7
- Wilcox 6
- Wilder 13
- Wiley 30
- Wilkerson 10
- Wilkins 14
- Wilkinson 8
- William 16
- Williams 616
- Williamson 32
- Willis 41
- Wills 10
- Willson 12
- Wilson 225
- Wimbish 7
- Winkfield 7
- Winn 16
- Winston 13
- Winter 6
- Witherspoon 5
- Womack 9
- Wood 44
- Woodard 6
- Woods 63
- Woodson 8
- Woodward 7
- Wooten 6
- Word 7
- Wormley 5
- Wortham 11
- Wren 6
- Wright 86
- Wyatt 18
- Wynn 7
- Wynne 12
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