Fear · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Fear in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Fear registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Austin County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama and Georgia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1859.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Fears registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Fear registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
1
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1859
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Fears registered

Texas counties where the Fears registered
CountyFreedmen%
Austin County2100%

Where the Fears were born

Birthplaces the Fears reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama150%
Georgia150%

When the Fears reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Fears
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
2

Every Fear in the register

The Fears in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
George FearAustin CountyGeorgia1859
Wiman FearAustin CountyAlabama1859

Fear genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Fear in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Austin 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.

Where did the Fears in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (1) and Georgia (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 Fear?

Austin 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 Fear appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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