Dust · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Dust in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Dust registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Galveston County (2). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1854.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Dusts registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Dust registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
1
Counties
1854
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Dusts registered

Texas counties where the Dusts registered
CountyFreedmen%
Galveston County2100%

When the Dusts reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Dusts
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
2

Every Dust in the register

The Dusts in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Fred DustGalveston County1857
Moses DustGalveston County1854

Dust genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Dust in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Galveston County holds 2 of the 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.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Dust?

Galveston County (2). In all, 2 registered across 1 Texas county 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 Dust appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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