Bordeaux · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Bordeaux in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 3 freedmen

3 freedmen named Bordeaux registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Anderson County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were North Carolina and South Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1862.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Bordeauxes registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Bordeaux registered, on the 1870 county map
3
Freedmen
1
Counties
North Carolina
Largest birthplace
1862
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Bordeauxes registered

Texas counties where the Bordeauxes registered
CountyFreedmen%
Anderson County3100%

Where the Bordeauxes were born

Birthplaces the Bordeauxes reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
North Carolina267%
South Carolina133%

When the Bordeauxes reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Bordeauxes
DecadeFreedmen
1860s
3

Every Bordeaux in the register

The Bordeauxes in the register, 1 to 3 of 3
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Hick BordeauxAnderson CountyNorth Carolina1863
Jae BordeauxAnderson CountyNorth Carolina1866
Jim BordeauxAnderson CountySouth Carolina1862

Bordeaux genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Bordeaux in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Anderson 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.

Where did the Bordeauxes in Texas come from?

They reported North Carolina (2) and South Carolina (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 Bordeaux?

Anderson 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 Bordeaux appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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