Crisp · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Crisp in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 9 freedmen

9 freedmen named Crisp registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Colorado County (4), Hopkins County (2) and San Augustine County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Tennessee, Alabama and Missouri. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1847.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Crisps registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Crisp registered, on the 1870 county map
9
Freedmen
4
Counties
Tennessee
Largest birthplace
1847
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Crisps registered

Texas counties where the Crisps registered
CountyFreedmen%
Colorado County444%
Hopkins County222%
San Augustine County222%
Harrison County111%

Where the Crisps were born

Birthplaces the Crisps reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Tennessee333%
Alabama222%
Missouri111%
North Carolina111%
South Carolina111%
Texas111%

When the Crisps reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Crisps
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
2
1850s
5
1860s
2

Every Crisp in the register

The Crisps in the register, 1 to 9 of 9
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Alexander CrispColorado CountyNorth Carolina1858
Charles CrispSan Augustine CountyAlabama1866
Ephriam CrispColorado CountyTennessee1855
George CrispSan Augustine CountyTexas1866
Jackson CrispColorado CountySouth Carolina1859
Joseph CrispHarrison CountyTennessee1855
Sampson CrispHopkins CountyMissouri1847
Thomas CrispColorado CountyTennessee1857
William CrispHopkins CountyAlabama1847

Crisp genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Crisp in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Colorado County holds 4 of the 9, Hopkins 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 Crisps in Texas come from?

They reported Tennessee (3), Alabama (2) and Missouri (1) as their birthplaces most often, and 1 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 Crisp?

Colorado County (4), Hopkins County (2), San Augustine County (2). In all, 9 registered across 4 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 Crisp appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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