Carraway · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Carraway in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Carraway registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Galveston County (1) and Gonzales County (1). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1849.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Carraways registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Carraway registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
2
Counties
1849
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Carraways registered

Texas counties where the Carraways registered
CountyFreedmen%
Galveston County150%
Gonzales County150%

When the Carraways reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Carraways
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
1
1850s
0
1860s
1

Every Carraway in the register

The Carraways in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Mitchell CarrawayGonzales County1849
Nathan CarrawayGalveston County1866

Carraway genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Carraway in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Galveston County holds 1 of the 2, Gonzales 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 Carraway?

Galveston County (1), Gonzales County (1). In all, 2 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 Carraway appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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