Blossingame · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Blossingame in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 3 freedmen

3 freedmen named Blossingame registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Gonzales County (3). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1852.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Blossingames registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Blossingame registered, on the 1870 county map
3
Freedmen
1
Counties
1852
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Blossingames registered

Texas counties where the Blossingames registered
CountyFreedmen%
Gonzales County3100%

When the Blossingames reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Blossingames
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
3

Every Blossingame in the register

The Blossingames in the register, 1 to 3 of 3
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Jack BlossingameGonzales County1852
Jerry BlossingameGonzales County1854
Nicholas BlossingameGonzales County1857

Blossingame genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Blossingame in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Gonzales 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 Blossingame?

Gonzales 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 Blossingame appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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