Bond · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Bond in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 5 freedmen

5 freedmen named Bond registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Falls County (1), Freestone County (1) and Guadalupe County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Louisiana, Tennessee and Virginia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1859.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Bonds registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Bond registered, on the 1870 county map
5
Freedmen
5
Counties
Louisiana
Largest birthplace
1859
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Bonds registered

Texas counties where the Bonds registered
CountyFreedmen%
Falls County120%
Freestone County120%
Guadalupe County120%
McLennan County120%
Parker County120%

Where the Bonds were born

Birthplaces the Bonds reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Louisiana133%
Tennessee133%
Virginia133%

When the Bonds reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Bonds
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
1
1860s
3

Every Bond in the register

The Bonds in the register, 1 to 5 of 5
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
George BondFalls County
James BondGuadalupe CountyVirginia1866
Lewis BondMcLennan County1866
Phillip BondFreestone CountyLouisiana1867
Sam BondParker CountyTennessee1859

Bond genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Bond in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Falls County holds 1 of the 5, Freestone 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 Bonds in Texas come from?

They reported Louisiana (1), Tennessee (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 Bond?

Falls County (1), Freestone County (1), Guadalupe County (1). In all, 5 registered across 5 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 Bond appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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