Fluid · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Fluid in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Fluid registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Lamar County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were South Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1861.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Fluids registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Fluid registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
1
Counties
South Carolina
Largest birthplace
1861
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Fluids registered

Texas counties where the Fluids registered
CountyFreedmen%
Lamar County2100%

Where the Fluids were born

Birthplaces the Fluids reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
South Carolina2100%

When the Fluids reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Fluids
DecadeFreedmen
1860s
2

Every Fluid in the register

The Fluids in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Benjamin FluidLamar CountySouth Carolina1861
Jackson FluidLamar CountySouth Carolina1862

Fluid genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Fluid in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Lamar 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 Fluids in Texas come from?

They reported South Carolina (2) 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 Fluid?

Lamar 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 Fluid appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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