Texas · 1867 voter registration
Freedmen surnames in Texas: genealogy from the 1867 voter registration
962 surnames were carried by five or more of the freedmen who registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870, 21,359 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 45
- Baily 7
- Baker 39
- Ball 9
- Ballard 7
- Banfield 6
- Banks 67
- Barber 6
- Barnes 26
- Barnett 16
- Barns 5
- Barrett 9
- Bartley 5
- Barton 16
- Bateman 6
- Bates 16
- Battle 21
- Baxter 8
- Baylor 6
- Beal 8
- Bean 5
- Beard 9
- Beckham 5
- Bedford 5
- Bee 8
- Bell 101
- Bend 6
- Benjamin 15
- Bennett 26
- Benson 12
- Benton 13
- Berry 34
- Bess 5
- Best 5
- Beverly 5
- Billips 5
- Bird 19
- Bishop 8
- Black 40
- Blackburn 9
- Blackman 8
- Blackshaux 5
- Blackwell 25
- Blair 8
- Blake 13
- Blanks 5
- Blocker 7
- Blunt 12
- Bolden 6
- Bond 5
- Bonner 24
- Booker 17
- Boon 7
- Boone 8
- Booth 13
- Boston 7
- Bouldin 8
- Bowdry 5
- Bowen 11
- Bowers 7
- Bowie 8
- Bowler 6
- Bowman 5
- Boyd 34
- Boykin 7
- Bradford 16
- Bradley 21
- Bradshaw 10
- Brady 6
- Bragg 6
- Branch 37
- Brewer 9
- Bridges 7
- Bright 5
- Brittain 5
- Brock 5
- Brockman 7
- Broduax 9
- Brooks 82
- Brothers 5
- Brown 383
- Browning 12
- Brum 7
- Bryan 15
- Bryant 53
- Buchanan 10
- Buckner 10
- Bullard 6
- Burke 6
- Burks 5
- Burleson 14
- Burley 7
- Burnett 10
- Burney 6
- Burnham 6
- Burns 14
- Burrell 11
- Burt 7
- Burton 36
- Busby 6
- Bush 17
- Butcher 5
- Butler 55
- Byers 7
C
- Cage 6
- Cain 11
- Calaway 7
- Calbert 5
- Caldwell 19
- Calhoun 15
- Calloway 8
- Calvin 11
- Cameron 6
- Campbell 53
- Cannon 8
- Carlton 8
- Carpenter 8
- Carr 27
- Carroll 19
- Carson 13
- Carter 139
- Cartwright 12
- Cary 5
- Casey 6
- Chambers 28
- Chandler 16
- Chaney 5
- Chapman 25
- Chappel 5
- Charles 5
- Chase 7
- Chatman 6
- Cherry 5
- Childers 11
- Childs 14
- Choice 8
- Christian 10
- Clark 88
- Clarke 15
- Clay 37
- Clayton 11
- Cleveland 16
- Cloud 5
- Coalman 5
- Coats 6
- Cobb 9
- Coffee 8
- Cole 36
- Coleman 90
- Collier 13
- Collins 56
- Colman 8
- Colton 10
- Colwell 5
- Conley 8
- Conner 9
- Cook 39
- Cooper 63
- Copeland 10
- Cotton 11
- Courtney 5
- Cowan 5
- Cox 23
- Craft 9
- Craig 13
- Crain 5
- Crane 8
- Crawford 40
- Crawley 5
- Crenshaw 8
- Crisp 9
- Crocket 11
- Crockett 13
- Cross 6
- Crow 8
- Crowder 6
- Crudup 5
- Crutchfield 5
- Cummings 10
- Cummins 7
- Cunningham 9
- Curry 11
- Curtis 21
D
- Dabney 6
- Dade 7
- Dancy 6
- Daniel 36
- Daniels 39
- Darden 9
- Davenport 14
- David 15
- Davidson 30
- Davis 307
- Dawson 25
- Day 27
- Dean 15
- Degrate 5
- Dennis 22
- Dent 5
- Dickenson 5
- Dickerson 14
- Dickey 7
- Dickinson 5
- Dickson 16
- Diggs 9
- Dillard 7
- Dilworth 5
- Dinkins 6
- Dixon 29
- Dodd 6
- Dodson 14
- Dolly 5
- Dorn 7
- Dorsey 10
- Douglas 17
- Douglass 27
- Downs 9
- Drake 13
- Driver 7
- Dudley 10
- Duke 12
- Dunbar 11
- Duncan 26
- Dunlap 5
- Dunn 14
- Dupree 5
- Durham 10
- Dyer 6
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F
G
- Gaines 12
- Gale 5
- Gamble 12
- Garden 5
- Gardner 8
- Garland 11
- Garner 9
- Garret 8
- Garrett 56
- Gary 11
- Gaston 8
- Gates 19
- Gay 13
- George 33
- Gibbs 12
- Gibson 49
- Gilbert 19
- Giles 12
- Gill 7
- Gilmore 14
- Givens 9
- Glass 11
- Glaze 5
- Glenn 14
- Glover 28
- Golden 5
- Good 5
- Goode 5
- Goodman 9
- Goodson 7
- Goodwin 13
- Gorden 7
- Gordon 42
- Gorman 10
- Graham 18
- Granger 5
- Grant 43
- Graves 34
- Gray 45
- Grayson 8
- Green 225
- Greene 9
- Greenwood 9
- Greer 11
- Gregg 11
- Gregory 14
- Grey 5
- Griffin 64
- Grimes 25
H
- Hackney 5
- Hadley 5
- Haggerty 15
- Haines 8
- Hale 8
- Haley 7
- Hall 92
- Halloway 5
- Ham 5
- Hambleton 5
- Hamilton 36
- Hammond 8
- Hammonds 6
- Hampton 33
- Hancock 13
- Handy 7
- Harbert 14
- Hardeman 18
- Harden 8
- Hardiman 10
- Hardin 6
- Hardy 10
- Hargrove 11
- Harper 15
- Harrell 5
- Harris 182
- Harrison 138
- Harry 6
- Hart 16
- Harvey 14
- Haskins 6
- Hatch 5
- Hawkins 55
- Hawks 5
- Hayes 13
- Haynes 20
- Hays 26
- Haywood 20
- Head 10
- Heard 17
- Hearn 6
- Hemphill 10
- Henderson 114
- Hendrick 6
- Hendricks 14
- Henry 98
- Herndon 7
- Herring 6
- Hester 5
- Hickman 7
- Hicks 27
- Higgins 12
- Hightower 24
- Hill 132
- Hilliard 10
- Hillyard 6
- Hines 25
- Hisan 6
- Hobbs 7
- Hodge 28
- Hodges 19
- Hogan 5
- Holland 16
- Holliday 8
- Hollin 6
- Holloway 8
- Holly 8
- Holman 14
- Holmes 41
- Holt 6
- Homes 10
- Hood 9
- Hooks 12
- Hooper 15
- Hopkins 12
- Hopson 6
- Horn 16
- Horton 16
- Houston 53
- Howard 52
- Howell 8
- Hubbard 27
- Hudson 22
- Huff 19
- Hughes 22
- Hume 5
- Humphreys 6
- Hunt 20
- Hunter 63
- Hurd 5
- Hutchinson 13
- Hutchison 5
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K
L
- Lackey 5
- Lacy 20
- Lambert 12
- Landers 6
- Landrum 8
- Lane 27
- Lang 24
- Langham 5
- Langley 5
- Larkin 7
- Latham 5
- Lawrence 14
- Lawson 18
- Ledbetter 5
- Lee 107
- Lenard 5
- Leonard 7
- Lewis 197
- Lilly 7
- Lindsay 8
- Lister 7
- Little 14
- Littlefield 5
- Littleton 6
- Livingston 11
- Lockett 10
- Logan 12
- Lomax 6
- London 5
- Long 27
- Lott 14
- Louis 13
- Love 38
- Low 5
- Lowe 9
- Loyd 9
- Lucas 11
- Lyles 6
- Lyons 12
M
- Macbeth 5
- Mack 23
- Mackey 7
- Madison 20
- Magee 7
- Mallard 5
- Malone 16
- Mann 9
- Manning 18
- Manson 6
- Manuel 6
- Marion 5
- Marshall 38
- Martin 48
- Mason 36
- Massey 8
- Massie 5
- Mathews 33
- Mathis 9
- Matlock 5
- Mattews 6
- Matthews 20
- Matthis 6
- Maxey 5
- Maxwell 7
- May 22
- Mayberry 5
- Mayes 6
- Mayfield 7
- Mayo 9
- Mays 14
- Mc Donald 7
- McBride 8
- McCarty 7
- McCloud 6
- McCowen 7
- McCoy 10
- McCracken 6
- McCrary 6
- McCray 8
- McCulloch 6
- McDade 10
- McDaniel 18
- McDonald 24
- McFarland 6
- McGee 8
- McKenzie 5
- McKey 7
- McKinney 19
- McKnight 9
- McLamore 8
- McMillan 7
- McMillen 5
- McNeal 16
- McQueen 10
- McVea 8
- Meadows 6
- Means 6
- Meyers 6
- Middleton 10
- Miles 24
- Miller 105
- Millican 5
- Mills 26
- Milton 6
- Mims 6
- Mingo 5
- Minter 5
- Mitchel 28
- Mitchell 68
- Moffett 6
- Monroe 21
- Montgomery 31
- Moody 9
- Moon 7
- Mooney 8
- Moore 197
- Morgan 45
- Morris 37
- Morrison 16
- Morton 13
- Moseley 16
- Mosely 18
- Moses 16
- Mosley 17
- Moss 13
- Mullins 7
- Munson 7
- Murphy 35
- Murray 19
- Murry 14
- Muse 5
- Myers 40
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P
- Pace 9
- Page 21
- Paine 6
- Pallard 5
- Palmer 22
- Parish 6
- Parker 60
- Parks 13
- Patrick 8
- Patterson 36
- Patton 12
- Payne 27
- Peacock 6
- Pearce 9
- Pearson 11
- Peck 5
- Penn 6
- Perbasco 5
- Perkins 51
- Perry 58
- Peter 10
- Peters 13
- Peterson 21
- Pettis 6
- Petty 6
- Peyton 5
- Phelps 7
- Philips 20
- Phillips 44
- Pickens 5
- Pickett 5
- Pierce 15
- Pinchback 9
- Pinkney 5
- Pitman 6
- Pitts 7
- Polk 34
- Pollard 14
- Pool 9
- Pope 11
- Porter 52
- Posey 5
- Potts 20
- Powel 5
- Powell 50
- Powers 11
- Prather 5
- Pratt 7
- Presley 5
- Preston 12
- Price 77
- Prince 23
- Proctor 8
- Pruett 5
R
- Ragland 6
- Ramsey 8
- Randal 12
- Randall 25
- Randle 9
- Randol 5
- Randolph 15
- Randon 9
- Ransom 13
- Ray 18
- Read 11
- Reagan 5
- Rector 8
- Red 8
- Redman 7
- Reece 6
- Reed 70
- Reese 11
- Reeves 24
- Reid 9
- Reynolds 12
- Rhodes 17
- Rice 15
- Richard 21
- Richards 32
- Richardson 64
- Richerson 5
- Richmond 5
- Ricks 13
- Ridge 5
- Ridley 6
- Right 5
- Riley 27
- Rivers 14
- Roach 9
- Robbins 14
- Roberson 32
- Robert 14
- Roberts 77
- Robertson 68
- Robins 5
- Robinson 133
- Robison 18
- Rodgers 16
- Rogers 44
- Rollins 9
- Rosborough 7
- Rose 21
- Ross 67
- Roy 7
- Royal 5
- Rucker 26
- Ruffin 9
- Russel 7
- Russell 17
- Ruth 5
- Rutherford 10
- Ryan 8
S
- Sacy 6
- Saddler 7
- Saffold 6
- Sammuel 6
- Sampson 15
- Samuel 14
- Sanders 59
- Sanford 7
- Satterfield 5
- Saunders 16
- Sawrence 8
- Scott 155
- Scruggs 5
- Session 6
- Sharp 12
- Shaw 64
- Sheffield 5
- Shelby 7
- Sheldon 6
- Shelton 26
- Shepard 21
- Shephard 5
- Shepherd 6
- Sheppard 5
- Sherman 11
- Shields 25
- Short 6
- Sibley 5
- Sikes 7
- Silas 9
- Silly 5
- Simmons 51
- Simms 14
- Simon 11
- Simons 20
- Simpson 27
- Sims 29
- Singleton 10
- Sivingston 5
- Skinner 6
- Slack 5
- Slaughter 22
- Sledge 5
- Sloan 7
- Small 11
- Smallwood 7
- Smiley 5
- Smith 459
- Sneed 14
- Solomon 15
- Span 5
- Sparks 21
- Spears 14
- Spencer 40
- Spikes 5
- Spiller 5
- Spillman 5
- Spiry 7
- Spriggs 6
- Squire 7
- Stafford 9
- Stamps 5
- Stanley 9
- Starks 16
- Steel 7
- Steele 5
- Steem 5
- Stein 5
- Stephens 49
- Stephenson 13
- Steptoe 5
- Sterling 7
- Stevens 18
- Stevenson 9
- Steward 33
- Stewart 59
- Stokes 6
- Stone 19
- Stovall 5
- Strong 6
- Strother 5
- Stroud 5
- Stuart 11
- Stubblefield 13
- Sullivan 9
- Summerville 5
- Sutton 12
- Swanson 12
- Swift 5
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W
- Waddle 6
- Wade 26
- Wadkins 5
- Wagoner 7
- Walken 5
- Walker 167
- Wall 6
- Wallace 39
- Waller 13
- Wallis 5
- Walter 7
- Walters 5
- Walton 20
- Ward 39
- Ware 13
- Warner 11
- Warren 53
- Washington 262
- Waters 17
- Watkins 23
- Watson 83
- Watts 14
- Waul 6
- Weaver 12
- Webb 48
- Webster 8
- Weeks 8
- Welch 9
- Wells 33
- Wesley 24
- West 25
- Westbrooks 6
- Weston 7
- Whaley 8
- Wharton 6
- Wheat 6
- Wheeler 10
- Whitby 5
- White 150
- Whitehead 15
- Whitfield 18
- Whittaker 6
- Wiggins 17
- Wilborne 5
- Wilburn 7
- Wilcox 6
- Wilder 12
- Wiley 29
- Wilkerson 9
- Wilkins 12
- Wilkinson 6
- William 16
- Williams 560
- Williamson 30
- Willis 36
- Wills 9
- Willson 12
- Wilson 213
- Wimbish 7
- Winkfield 7
- Winn 15
- Winston 11
- Winter 6
- Witherspoon 5
- Womack 8
- Wood 39
- Woodard 6
- Woods 58
- Woodson 7
- Woodward 6
- Word 6
- Wormley 5
- Wortham 8
- Wren 5
- Wright 80
- Wyatt 15
- Wynn 7
- Wynne 12
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