Gibbings · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Gibbings in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Gibbings registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Austin County (1) and Falls County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Georgia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1862.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Gibbingses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Gibbings registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
2
Counties
Georgia
Largest birthplace
1862
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Gibbingses registered

Texas counties where the Gibbingses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Austin County150%
Falls County150%

Where the Gibbingses were born

Birthplaces the Gibbingses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Georgia1100%

When the Gibbingses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Gibbingses
DecadeFreedmen
1860s
1

Every Gibbings in the register

The Gibbingses in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Gilbert GibbingsAustin CountyGeorgia1862
Moses GibbingsFalls County

Gibbings genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Gibbings in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Austin County holds 1 of the 2, Falls 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 Gibbingses in Texas come from?

They reported Georgia (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 Gibbings?

Austin County (1), Falls County (1). In all, 2 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 Gibbings appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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