Cage · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Cage in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 6 freedmen

6 freedmen named Cage registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Galveston County (4), DeWitt County (1) and Jackson County (1). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1847.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Cages registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Cage registered, on the 1870 county map
6
Freedmen
3
Counties
1847
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Cages registered

Texas counties where the Cages registered
CountyFreedmen%
Galveston County467%
DeWitt County117%
Jackson County117%

When the Cages reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Cages
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
3
1850s
1
1860s
2

Every Cage in the register

The Cages in the register, 1 to 6 of 6
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Carrold CageGalveston County1857
Harry CageGalveston County
Harry CageGalveston County
Joseph CageDeWitt County1847
Napoleon CageJackson County1847
Robert CageGalveston County1847

Cage genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Cage in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Galveston County holds 4 of the 6, DeWitt 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.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Cage?

Galveston County (4), DeWitt County (1), Jackson County (1). In all, 6 registered across 3 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 Cage appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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