Flowers · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Flowers in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 7 freedmen

7 freedmen named Flowers registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Harrison County (4), Davis County (1) and Houston County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were North Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1846.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Flowerses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Flowers registered, on the 1870 county map
7
Freedmen
4
Counties
North Carolina
Largest birthplace
1846
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Flowerses registered

Texas counties where the Flowerses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County457%
Davis County114%
Houston County114%
Jefferson County114%

Where the Flowerses were born

Birthplaces the Flowerses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
North Carolina229%
Alabama114%
Mississippi114%
Tennessee114%
Texas114%
Virginia114%

When the Flowerses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Flowerses
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
3
1850s
0
1860s
3

Every Flowers in the register

The Flowerses in the register, 1 to 7 of 7
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Andrew FlowersHarrison CountyTennessee1861
Elijah FlowersHarrison CountyTexas1846
Gillis FlowersDavis CountyNorth Carolina1863
Jackson F. FlowersJefferson CountyAlabama
Lewis FlowersHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1846
Richard FlowersHarrison CountyMississippi1846
Willis FlowersHouston CountyVirginia1864

Flowers genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Flowers in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 4 of the 7, Davis 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 Flowerses in Texas come from?

They reported North Carolina (2), Alabama (1) and Mississippi (1) 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 Flowers?

Harrison County (4), Davis County (1), Houston County (1). In all, 7 registered across 4 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 Flowers appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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