Billips · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Billips in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 5 freedmen

5 freedmen named Billips registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Goliad County (5). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1851.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Billipses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Billips registered, on the 1870 county map
5
Freedmen
1
Counties
1851
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Billipses registered

Texas counties where the Billipses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Goliad County5100%

When the Billipses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Billipses
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
5

Every Billips in the register

The Billipses in the register, 1 to 5 of 5
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Emmon BillipsGoliad County1852
Isom BillipsGoliad County1852
Jack BillipsGoliad County1852
Washinton BillipsGoliad County1851
William BillipsGoliad County1852

Billips genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Billips in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Goliad County holds 5 of the 5. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Billips?

Goliad County (5). In all, 5 registered across 1 Texas county between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Billips appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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