Garden · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Garden in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 5 freedmen

5 freedmen named Garden registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Harrison County (2), Leon County (1) and Walker County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1846.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Gardens registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Garden registered, on the 1870 county map
5
Freedmen
4
Counties
Georgia
Largest birthplace
1846
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Gardens registered

Texas counties where the Gardens registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County240%
Leon County120%
Walker County120%
Wharton County120%

Where the Gardens were born

Birthplaces the Gardens reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Georgia125%
North Carolina125%
South Carolina125%
Texas125%

When the Gardens reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Gardens
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
2
1850s
2
1860s
1

Every Garden in the register

The Gardens in the register, 1 to 5 of 5
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Areen GardenWharton County1866
Bartley GardenHarrison CountyTexas1846
Robert GardenHarrison CountySouth Carolina1851
Robert GardenLeon CountyNorth Carolina1849
Wade GardenWalker CountyGeorgia1859

Garden genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Garden in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 2 of the 5, Leon 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 Gardens in Texas come from?

They reported Georgia (1), North Carolina (1) and South Carolina (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 Garden?

Harrison County (2), Leon County (1), Walker County (1). In all, 5 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 Garden appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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