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Black in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 40 freedmen

40 freedmen named Black registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Harrison County (8), Bastrop County (6) and Brazoria County (6). The birthplaces they reported most often were Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1837.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Blacks registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Black registered, on the 1870 county map
40
Freedmen
17
Counties
Tennessee
Largest birthplace
1837
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Blacks registered

Texas counties where the Blacks registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County820%
Bastrop County615%
Brazoria County615%
Cooke County38%
Brazos County25%
Davis County25%
Falls County25%
Freestone County25%
Anderson County13%
Bexar County13%
Comanche County13%
Fayette County13%
Fort Bend County13%
Galveston County13%
Grayson County13%
Guadalupe County13%
Leon County13%

Where the Blacks were born

Birthplaces the Blacks reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Tennessee618%
Alabama515%
Georgia412%
Kentucky412%
North Carolina39%
Texas39%
Virginia39%
Louisiana26%
Mississippi26%
South Carolina26%

When the Blacks reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Blacks
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
11
1850s
19
1860s
7

Every Black in the register

The Blacks in the register, 1 to 40 of 40
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Alford BlackGalveston County1857
Alfred BlackComanche CountySouth Carolina1863
Augustus BlackBastrop CountyKentucky1852
Bartlett BlackGuadalupe CountyGeorgia1866
Basil BlackCooke CountyKentucky1858
Benjamin BlackCooke CountyNorth Carolina1852
Camil BlackFalls County
Charles BlackBexar CountyTexas1846
Cubit BlackHarrison CountyAlabama1851
Edmund BlackBrazoria CountyVirginia1844
Edward BlackBrazoria CountyMississippi1858
Fayette BlackHarrison CountyTennessee1853
Hamilton BlackGrayson CountyNorth Carolina1849
Hire BlackDavis CountyAlabama1854
Isaac BlackHarrison CountyTennessee1853
Jacob BlackFort Bend County1856
James BlackFayette CountyGeorgia1860
Jefferson BlackAnderson CountyAlabama1864
Joesph BlackBrazoria CountyLouisiana1844
John BlackBastrop CountyTennessee1852
John BlackBastrop CountyVirginia1853
John BlackBrazos County1863
John BlackBrazos County1848
John BlackDavis CountyTennessee1848
John BlackHarrison CountyGeorgia1846
Jordan BlackHarrison CountyVirginia1846
Martin BlackBrazoria CountyTennessee1841
Nathan BlackBastrop CountyTennessee1837
Peter BlackCooke CountySouth Carolina1858
Prickney BlackBrazoria CountyTexas1846
Randle BlackBastrop CountyAlabama1850
Reuben BlackHarrison CountyKentucky1853
Rica BlackFreestone CountyTexas1853
Richard BlackBrazoria CountyLouisiana1849
Robert BlackFalls County
Robert BlackHarrison CountyKentucky1853
Samuel BlackLeon CountyMississippi1864
Terry BlackHarrison CountyGeorgia1857
Tom BlackBastrop CountyAlabama1857
William BlackFreestone CountyNorth Carolina1867

Black genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Black in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 8 of the 40, Bastrop County 6. 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.

Where did the Blacks in Texas come from?

They reported Tennessee (6), Alabama (5) and Georgia (4) as their birthplaces most often, and 3 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Black?

Harrison County (8), Bastrop County (6), Brazoria County (6). In all, 40 registered across 17 Texas counties 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 Black appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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