Fletcher · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Fletcher in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 19 freedmen

19 freedmen named Fletcher registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Shelby County (3), Guadalupe County (2) and Orange County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia, Arkansas and Louisiana. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1831.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Fletchers registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Fletcher registered, on the 1870 county map
19
Freedmen
15
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1831
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Fletchers registered

Where the Fletchers were born

Birthplaces the Fletchers reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia531%
Arkansas425%
Louisiana213%
Tennessee213%
Alabama16%
Mississippi16%
Texas16%

When the Fletchers reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Fletchers
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
3
1840s
1
1850s
4
1860s
11

Every Fletcher in the register

The Fletchers in the register, 1 to 19 of 19
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Adam FletcherCaldwell CountyVirginia1866
Alfred FletcherShelby CountyArkansas1831
Alfred FletcherShelby CountyArkansas1831
Benjamin FletcherCooke CountyTennessee1851
David FletcherOrange CountyArkansas
Harrison FletcherAnderson CountyVirginia1854
Henry FletcherShelby CountyArkansas1856
J. FletcherBurleson County1864
John FletcherJefferson County1867
Joseph FletcherLeon CountyTennessee1852
Joseph FletcherMcLennan County
Lucious FletcherMatagorda CountyVirginia1849
Lymus FletcherBrazoria CountyLouisiana1837
Matthew FletcherWood CountyAlabama1864
Patrick FletcherOrange CountyTexas
Peter FletcherAustin CountyLouisiana1864
Riley FletcherGuadalupe CountyMississippi1866
Thomas FletcherGuadalupe CountyVirginia1866
Wesley FletcherFayette CountyVirginia1861

Fletcher genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Fletcher in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Shelby County holds 3 of the 19, Guadalupe 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 Fletchers in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (5), Arkansas (4) and Louisiana (2) 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 Fletcher?

Shelby County (3), Guadalupe County (2), Orange County (2). In all, 19 registered across 15 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 Fletcher appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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