Boyd · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Boyd in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 34 freedmen

34 freedmen named Boyd registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Grayson County (5), Austin County (4) and Harrison County (4). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1821.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Boyds registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Boyd registered, on the 1870 county map
34
Freedmen
19
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1821
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Boyds registered

Texas counties where the Boyds registered
CountyFreedmen%
Grayson County515%
Austin County412%
Harrison County412%
Caldwell County39%
Gonzales County39%
Parker County26%
Bexar County13%
Bowie County13%
Cherokee County13%
Colorado County13%
Davis County13%
Denton County13%
Freestone County13%
Galveston County13%
Guadalupe County13%
Hunt County13%
Leon County13%
McLennan County13%
Walker County13%

Where the Boyds were born

Birthplaces the Boyds reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama621%
South Carolina621%
Georgia311%
Kentucky311%
Texas311%
North Carolina27%
Tennessee27%
Virginia27%
Mississippi14%

When the Boyds reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Boyds
DecadeFreedmen
1820s
3
1830s
0
1840s
6
1850s
10
1860s
15

Every Boyd in the register

The Boyds in the register, 1 to 34 of 34
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
alexander BoydGalveston County1866
Alfred BoydGonzales County1854
Amos BoydHunt CountyTennessee1863
Andrew BoydCaldwell CountyTexas1866
Andrew BoydGrayson CountySouth Carolina1851
Chap BoydHarrison CountyMississippi1849
Charley BoydParker CountyVirginia
Denis BoydGrayson CountySouth Carolina1853
Edmond BoydCherokee CountyAlabama1866
Edward BoydParker CountyAlabama1866
George BoydGrayson CountySouth Carolina1853
George BoydLeon CountySouth Carolina1860
Haywood BoydBexar CountyNorth Carolina1829
Henry BoydMcLennan County1867
Jacob BoydAustin CountyTexas1846
Jacob BoydColorado CountyNorth Carolina1849
James BoydGonzales County1851
Jerry BoydGrayson CountySouth Carolina1853
John BoydGonzales County1854
Leonard BoydGuadalupe CountyKentucky
Lewis BoydFreestone CountyTennessee1860
Mabe BoydDavis CountyGeorgia1857
Moses BoydAustin CountyGeorgia1822
Neno BoydAustin CountyTexas1848
Peter BoydCaldwell CountyVirginia1866
Philip BoydWalker CountyAlabama
Richard BoydBowie CountyAlabama1849
Richard BoydHarrison CountyAlabama1866
Richmond BoydHarrison CountySouth Carolina1856
Robert BoydAustin CountyAlabama1821
Robert BoydGrayson CountyKentucky1854
Thomas BoydCaldwell County
Wesley BoydDenton CountyGeorgia1848
Wesley BoydHarrison CountyKentucky1863

Boyd genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Boyd in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Grayson County holds 5 of the 34, Austin County 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 Boyds in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (6), South Carolina (6) and Georgia (3) as their birthplaces most often, and 3 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Boyd?

Grayson County (5), Austin County (4), Harrison County (4). In all, 34 registered across 19 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 Boyd appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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