Chapman · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Chapman in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 25 freedmen

25 freedmen named Chapman registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Falls County (4), Anderson County (2) and Cherokee County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Georgia, Mississippi and Virginia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1844.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Chapmans registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Chapman registered, on the 1870 county map
25
Freedmen
15
Counties
Georgia
Largest birthplace
1844
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Chapmans registered

Where the Chapmans were born

Birthplaces the Chapmans reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Georgia317%
Mississippi317%
Virginia317%
Kentucky211%
Tennessee211%
Texas211%
Alabama16%
North Carolina16%
South Carolina16%

When the Chapmans reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Chapmans
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
4
1850s
5
1860s
14

Every Chapman in the register

The Chapmans in the register, 1 to 25 of 25
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Charles ChapmanCherokee CountyMississippi1866
Charrley ChapmanCollin CountyKentucky1856
Davy ChapmanHopkins CountyNorth Carolina1863
Harry ChapmanMcLennan County1866
Henry ChapmanAnderson CountyGeorgia1866
Ira ChapmanWood CountyMississippi1865
Joe ChapmanFayette CountyGeorgia1863
John L. ChapmanFayette CountyVirginia1860
Joseph ChapmanGalveston CountyTennessee1853
Joseph ChapmanSan Augustine CountyTexas1866
Lewis ChapmanTarrant CountyTennessee1845
Marion ChapmanMcLennan County1866
Nelson ChapmanFalls County
Pelin ChapmanAnderson CountyVirginia1848
Preston ChapmanLeon CountyTexas1844
Prince ChapmanBosque County1852
Rayford ChapmanFalls County
Robert ChapmanAustin CountyGeorgia1859
Robt. ChapmanCollin CountySouth Carolina1847
Sterling ChapmanHarrison CountyVirginia1851
Steve ChapmanFalls County
Thomas ChapmanFalls County
Wesley ChapmanCherokee CountyAlabama1866
William ChapmanHarrison CountyKentucky1862
Wyatt ChapmanWood CountyMississippi1863

Chapman genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Chapman in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Falls County holds 4 of the 25, Anderson County 2. 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 Chapmans in Texas come from?

They reported Georgia (3), Mississippi (3) and Virginia (3) as their birthplaces most often, and 2 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Chapman?

Falls County (4), Anderson County (2), Cherokee County (2). In all, 25 registered across 15 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 Chapman appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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