Cates · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Cates in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Cates registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Fort Bend County (1) and Galveston County (1). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1862.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Cateses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Cates registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
2
Counties
1862
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Cateses registered

Texas counties where the Cateses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Fort Bend County150%
Galveston County150%

When the Cateses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Cateses
DecadeFreedmen
1860s
2

Every Cates in the register

The Cateses in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Dawson CatesFort Bend County1863
Willis CatesGalveston County1862

Cates genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Cates in Texas?

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

Fort Bend County (1), Galveston 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 Cates appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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