Dinkins · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Dinkins in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 6 freedmen

6 freedmen named Dinkins registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Fort Bend County (3) and Walker County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were Mississippi and Texas. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1838.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Dinkinses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Dinkins registered, on the 1870 county map
6
Freedmen
2
Counties
Mississippi
Largest birthplace
1838
Earliest arrival
1830s
Fullest decade

Where the Dinkinses registered

Texas counties where the Dinkinses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Fort Bend County350%
Walker County350%

Where the Dinkinses were born

Birthplaces the Dinkinses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Mississippi375%
Texas125%

When the Dinkinses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Dinkinses
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
2
1840s
2
1850s
2

Every Dinkins in the register

The Dinkinses in the register, 1 to 6 of 6
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Alfred DinkinsWalker CountyMississippi1849
John DinkinsWalker CountyMississippi1853
Lewis DinkinsFort Bend County1838
Litman DinkinsFort Bend County1838
Reuben DinkinsWalker CountyMississippi1853
Sam DinkinsFort Bend CountyTexas1847

Dinkins genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Dinkins in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Fort Bend County holds 3 of the 6, Walker County 3. 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 Dinkinses in Texas come from?

They reported Mississippi (3) and Texas (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 Dinkins?

Fort Bend County (3), Walker County (3). In all, 6 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 Dinkins appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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