Calvert · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Calvert in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 3 freedmen

3 freedmen named Calvert registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Falls County (2) and Austin County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1842.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Calverts registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Calvert registered, on the 1870 county map
3
Freedmen
2
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1842
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Calverts registered

Texas counties where the Calverts registered
CountyFreedmen%
Falls County267%
Austin County133%

Where the Calverts were born

Birthplaces the Calverts reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama1100%

When the Calverts reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Calverts
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
1
1850s
1
1860s
1

Every Calvert in the register

The Calverts in the register, 1 to 3 of 3
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
David CalvertAustin CountyAlabama1842
George CalvertFalls County1857
George CalvertFalls County

Calvert genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Calvert in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Falls County holds 2 of the 3, Austin 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.

Where did the Calverts in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (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 Calvert?

Falls County (2), Austin County (1). In all, 3 registered across 2 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 Calvert appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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