Dunn · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Dunn in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 14 freedmen

14 freedmen named Dunn registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Harrison County (6), Madison County (2) and McLennan County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1846.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Dunns registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Dunn registered, on the 1870 county map
14
Freedmen
7
Counties
Mississippi
Largest birthplace
1846
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Dunns registered

Texas counties where the Dunns registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County643%
Madison County214%
McLennan County214%
Bastrop County17%
Bexar County17%
Fayette County17%
Shelby County17%

Where the Dunns were born

Birthplaces the Dunns reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Mississippi433%
Louisiana217%
Alabama18%
Arkansas18%
South Carolina18%
Tennessee18%
Texas18%
Virginia18%

When the Dunns reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Dunns
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
4
1850s
4
1860s
5

Every Dunn in the register

The Dunns in the register, 1 to 14 of 14
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Andrew DunnMadison CountyArkansas1852
Caswell DunnHarrison CountyTennessee1855
Ceaser DunnHarrison CountyMississippi1848
Clayborne DunnHarrison CountyTexas1865
David DunnHarrison CountyAlabama1852
Jackson DunnMcLennan County1866
James DunnMcLennan County
John H. DunnMadison CountyLouisiana1864
Lewis DunnHarrison CountyVirginia1846
Sammel DunnBastrop CountySouth Carolina1856
Simon DunnBexar CountyMississippi1865
Solomon DunnHarrison CountyMississippi1848
William DunnShelby CountyLouisiana1863
Wyatt DunnFayette CountyMississippi1849

Dunn genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Dunn in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 6 of the 14, Madison 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 Dunns in Texas come from?

They reported Mississippi (4), Louisiana (2) and Alabama (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 Dunn?

Harrison County (6), Madison County (2), McLennan County (2). In all, 14 registered across 7 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 Dunn appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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