Garland · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Garland in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 11 freedmen

11 freedmen named Garland registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Bowie County (7), Freestone County (1) and Harrison County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Tennessee, Alabama and North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1846.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Garlands registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Garland registered, on the 1870 county map
11
Freedmen
5
Counties
Tennessee
Largest birthplace
1846
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Garlands registered

Texas counties where the Garlands registered
CountyFreedmen%
Bowie County764%
Freestone County19%
Harrison County19%
Leon County19%
San Augustine County19%

Where the Garlands were born

Birthplaces the Garlands reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Tennessee655%
Alabama327%
North Carolina19%
Virginia19%

When the Garlands reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Garlands
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
1
1850s
4
1860s
6

Every Garland in the register

The Garlands in the register, 1 to 11 of 11
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Alfred GarlandBowie CountyTennessee1858
Anthony GarlandBowie CountyTennessee1858
Benjamin GarlandBowie CountyTennessee1860
Hampton GarlandSan Augustine CountyNorth Carolina
Henry GarlandFreestone CountyAlabama1867
Isaac GarlandLeon CountyAlabama1852
Jackson GarlandBowie CountyAlabama1860
Jackson GarlandHarrison CountyTennessee1846
James GarlandBowie CountyVirginia1860
Polk GarlandBowie CountyTennessee1858
Thomas GarlandBowie CountyTennessee1860

Garland genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Garland in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Bowie County holds 7 of the 11, Freestone 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 Garlands in Texas come from?

They reported Tennessee (6), Alabama (3) and North Carolina (1) 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 Garland?

Bowie County (7), Freestone County (1), Harrison County (1). In all, 11 registered across 5 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 Garland appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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