Edmunds · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Edmunds in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Edmunds registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Galveston County (1) and Gillespie County (1). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1854.

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

Where the Edmundses registered

Texas counties where the Edmundses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Galveston County150%
Gillespie County150%

When the Edmundses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Edmundses
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
1
1860s
1

Every Edmunds in the register

The Edmundses in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Juan EdmundsGillespie County1854
William EdmundsGalveston County1861

Edmunds genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Edmunds in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Galveston County holds 1 of the 2, Gillespie County 1. 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 Edmunds?

Galveston County (1), Gillespie County (1). In all, 2 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 Edmunds appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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