Bills · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Bills in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 3 freedmen

3 freedmen named Bills registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Fort Bend County (3). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1866.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Billses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Bills registered, on the 1870 county map
3
Freedmen
1
Counties
1866
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Billses registered

Texas counties where the Billses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Fort Bend County3100%

When the Billses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Billses
DecadeFreedmen
1860s
3

Every Bills in the register

The Billses in the register, 1 to 3 of 3
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
King BillsFort Bend County1866
Pinkney BillsFort Bend County1866
Tom BillsFort Bend County1866

Bills genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Bills in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Fort Bend County holds 3 of the 3. 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 Bills?

Fort Bend County (3). In all, 3 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 Bills appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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