Blalock · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Blalock in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Blalock registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Bastrop County (1) and Wood County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Georgia and Virginia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1829.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Blalocks registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Blalock registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
2
Counties
Georgia
Largest birthplace
1829
Earliest arrival
1820s
Fullest decade

Where the Blalocks registered

Texas counties where the Blalocks registered
CountyFreedmen%
Bastrop County150%
Wood County150%

Where the Blalocks were born

Birthplaces the Blalocks reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Georgia150%
Virginia150%

When the Blalocks reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Blalocks
DecadeFreedmen
1820s
1
1830s
0
1840s
0
1850s
1

Every Blalock in the register

The Blalocks in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Allen BlalockWood CountyGeorgia1850
Freeman BlalockBastrop CountyVirginia1829

Blalock genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Blalock in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Bastrop County holds 1 of the 2, Wood County 1. 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 Blalocks in Texas come from?

They reported Georgia (1) and Virginia (1) as their birthplaces most often. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Blalock?

Bastrop County (1), Wood County (1). In all, 2 registered across 2 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 Blalock appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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