Duncan · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Duncan in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 26 freedmen

26 freedmen named Duncan registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Galveston County (4), Bastrop County (2) and Brazoria County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Georgia, Missouri and Texas. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1838.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Duncans registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Duncan registered, on the 1870 county map
26
Freedmen
17
Counties
Georgia
Largest birthplace
1838
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Duncans registered

Where the Duncans were born

Birthplaces the Duncans reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Georgia421%
Missouri316%
Texas316%
North Carolina211%
Alabama15%
Kentucky15%
Louisiana15%
Mississippi15%
South Carolina15%
Tennessee15%
Virginia15%

When the Duncans reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Duncans
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
9
1850s
3
1860s
12

Every Duncan in the register

The Duncans in the register, 1 to 26 of 26
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Abraham DuncanJasper CountyTexas
Alexander DuncanGonzales County1847
Daniel DuncanBastrop CountyMissouri1862
Frank DuncanBrazos County1863
Green DuncanGonzales County1841
Isaac DuncanBowie CountyNorth Carolina1849
Isaac DuncanFayette CountyLouisiana1844
Jack DuncanLeon CountyNorth Carolina1846
James DuncanAnderson CountyTennessee1865
James DuncanCooke CountyMissouri1861
James A DuncanGalveston County1860
John DuncanBastrop CountyMissouri1861
John DuncanFayette CountyGeorgia1865
John DuncanHarrison CountyAlabama1849
John DuncanHarrison CountyKentucky1847
Lorenzo DuncanCherokee CountyGeorgia1866
Mack DuncanDallas CountyGeorgia1838
Pino DuncanBrazoria CountySouth Carolina1854
Pino DuncanBrazoria CountyTexas1854
Robert DuncanColorado CountyMississippi1844
Robert B DuncanGalveston County1865
Samuel DuncanHopkins CountyGeorgia1858
Talbert DuncanGalveston County1848
Thomas DuncanCherokee CountyTexas1866
Thornton DuncanGrayson CountyVirginia1862
Van DuncanGalveston County1861

Duncan genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Duncan in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Galveston County holds 4 of the 26, Bastrop 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 Duncans in Texas come from?

They reported Georgia (4), Missouri (3) and Texas (3) 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 Duncan?

Galveston County (4), Bastrop County (2), Brazoria County (2). In all, 26 registered across 17 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 Duncan appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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