Bugs · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Bugs in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 1 freedman

1 freedman named Bugs registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. He registered in Galveston County, reaching Texas about 1860.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Bugses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Bugs registered, on the 1870 county map
1
Freedmen
1
Counties
1860
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Bugses registered

Texas counties where the Bugses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Galveston County1100%

When the Bugses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Bugses
DecadeFreedmen
1860s
1

Every Bugs in the register

The Bugses in the register, 1 to 1 of 1
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Geo BugsGalveston County1860

Bugs genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Bugs in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Galveston County holds 1 of the 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.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Bugs?

Galveston County (1). In all, 1 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 Bugs appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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