Brackings · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Brackings in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Brackings registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Galveston County (2). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1846.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Brackingses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Brackings registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
1
Counties
1846
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Brackingses registered

Texas counties where the Brackingses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Galveston County2100%

When the Brackingses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Brackingses
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
1
1850s
1

Every Brackings in the register

The Brackingses in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Harrison BrackingsGalveston County1852
Henry BrackingsGalveston County1846

Brackings genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Brackings in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Galveston County holds 2 of the 2. 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 Brackings?

Galveston County (2). In all, 2 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 Brackings appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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