Bombay · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Bombay in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 4 freedmen

4 freedmen named Bombay registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Bexar County (4). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia and Texas. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1846.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Bombays registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Bombay registered, on the 1870 county map
4
Freedmen
1
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1846
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Bombays registered

Texas counties where the Bombays registered
CountyFreedmen%
Bexar County4100%

Where the Bombays were born

Birthplaces the Bombays reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia375%
Texas125%

When the Bombays reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Bombays
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
2
1850s
2

Every Bombay in the register

The Bombays in the register, 1 to 4 of 4
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
George BombayBexar CountyVirginia1850
Strecher BombayBexar CountyVirginia1855
William BombayBexar CountyTexas1846
William BombayBexar CountyVirginia1846

Bombay genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Bombay in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Bexar County holds 4 of the 4. 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 Bombays in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (3) and Texas (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 Bombay?

Bexar County (4). In all, 4 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 Bombay appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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