Crocket · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Crocket in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 11 freedmen

11 freedmen named Crocket registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Austin County (4), Wharton County (4) and Cameron County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Arkansas and Georgia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1847.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Crockets registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Crocket registered, on the 1870 county map
11
Freedmen
5
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1847
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Crockets registered

Texas counties where the Crockets registered
CountyFreedmen%
Austin County436%
Wharton County436%
Cameron County19%
Parker County19%
Walker County19%

Where the Crockets were born

Birthplaces the Crockets reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama343%
Arkansas114%
Georgia114%
Mississippi114%
South Carolina114%

When the Crockets reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Crockets
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
2
1850s
1
1860s
8

Variations of Crocket

Every Crocket in the register

The Crockets in the register, 1 to 11 of 11
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Andrew CrocketAustin CountySouth Carolina1862
Byrou CrocketAustin CountyAlabama1862
David CrocketCameron CountyMississippi1849
David CrocketParker CountyGeorgia1852
David CrocketWalker CountyArkansas1847
Henry CrocketWharton County1867
James CrocketWharton County1866
John CrocketAustin CountyAlabama1862
Jonas CrocketAustin CountyAlabama1862
Riley CrocketWharton County1866
Vernen CrocketWharton County1866

Crocket genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Crocket in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Austin County holds 4 of the 11, Wharton County 4. 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 look under Crockett as well.

Where did the Crockets in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (3), Arkansas (1) and Georgia (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 Crocket?

Austin County (4), Wharton County (4), Cameron County (1). In all, 11 registered across 5 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 Crocket appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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