Fullbright · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Fullbright in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 4 freedmen

4 freedmen named Fullbright registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Falls County (3) and Bell County (1). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1864.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Fullbrights registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Fullbright registered, on the 1870 county map
4
Freedmen
2
Counties
1864
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Fullbrights registered

Texas counties where the Fullbrights registered
CountyFreedmen%
Falls County375%
Bell County125%

When the Fullbrights reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Fullbrights
DecadeFreedmen
1860s
1

Every Fullbright in the register

The Fullbrights in the register, 1 to 4 of 4
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Elias FullbrightFalls County
Jackson FullbrightFalls County
Robert FullbrightBell County1864
Robert FullbrightFalls County

Fullbright genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Fullbright in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Falls County holds 3 of the 4, Bell 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.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Fullbright?

Falls County (3), Bell County (1). In all, 4 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 Fullbright appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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