Counsel · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Counsel in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Counsel registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Harrison County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1851.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Counsels registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Counsel registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
1
Counties
North Carolina
Largest birthplace
1851
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Counsels registered

Texas counties where the Counsels registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County2100%

Where the Counsels were born

Birthplaces the Counsels reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
North Carolina2100%

When the Counsels reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Counsels
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
2

Every Counsel in the register

The Counsels in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
John CounselHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1851
Nelson CounselHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1851

Counsel genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Counsel in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 2 of the 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 Counsels in Texas come from?

They reported North Carolina (2) 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 Counsel?

Harrison County (2). In all, 2 registered across 1 Texas county 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 Counsel appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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