Cloud · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Cloud in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 5 freedmen

5 freedmen named Cloud registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Austin County (4) and Harrison County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Georgia and Virginia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1837.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Clouds registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Cloud registered, on the 1870 county map
5
Freedmen
2
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1837
Earliest arrival
1830s
Fullest decade

Where the Clouds registered

Texas counties where the Clouds registered
CountyFreedmen%
Austin County480%
Harrison County120%

Where the Clouds were born

Birthplaces the Clouds reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama360%
Georgia120%
Virginia120%

When the Clouds reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Clouds
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
3
1840s
0
1850s
2

Every Cloud in the register

The Clouds in the register, 1 to 5 of 5
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
George CloudAustin CountyAlabama1855
John CloudAustin CountyAlabama1838
Rubin CloudAustin CountyVirginia1837
Sinm CloudAustin CountyAlabama1839
Stephen CloudHarrison CountyGeorgia1855

Cloud genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Cloud in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Austin County holds 4 of the 5, Harrison 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 Clouds in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (3), Georgia (1) and Virginia (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 Cloud?

Austin County (4), Harrison County (1). In all, 5 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 Cloud appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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