Everett · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Everett in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 3 freedmen

3 freedmen named Everett registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Harrison County (2) and Fort Bend County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Florida, Mississippi and North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1848.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Everetts registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Everett registered, on the 1870 county map
3
Freedmen
2
Counties
Florida
Largest birthplace
1848
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Everetts registered

Texas counties where the Everetts registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County267%
Fort Bend County133%

Where the Everetts were born

Birthplaces the Everetts reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Florida133%
Mississippi133%
North Carolina133%

When the Everetts reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Everetts
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
1
1850s
1
1860s
1

Every Everett in the register

The Everetts in the register, 1 to 3 of 3
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
George EverettHarrison CountyMississippi1848
Hoit EverettHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1863
S.D. EverettFort Bend CountyFlorida1858

Everett genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Everett in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 2 of the 3, Fort Bend 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.

Where did the Everetts in Texas come from?

They reported Florida (1), Mississippi (1) and North Carolina (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 Everett?

Harrison County (2), Fort Bend County (1). In all, 3 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 Everett appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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