Gibbons · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Gibbons in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 4 freedmen

4 freedmen named Gibbons registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Brazoria County (1), Fayette County (1) and McLennan County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Tennessee and Texas. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1843.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Gibbonses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Gibbons registered, on the 1870 county map
4
Freedmen
4
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1843
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Gibbonses registered

Texas counties where the Gibbonses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Brazoria County125%
Fayette County125%
McLennan County125%
Tarrant County125%

Where the Gibbonses were born

Birthplaces the Gibbonses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama133%
Tennessee133%
Texas133%

When the Gibbonses reached Texas

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

Every Gibbons in the register

The Gibbonses in the register, 1 to 4 of 4
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Aaron GibbonsMcLennan County1866
Solomon GibbonsFayette CountyTennessee1857
Thomas GibbonsTarrant CountyAlabama1860
Wesley GibbonsBrazoria CountyTexas1843

Gibbons genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Gibbons in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Brazoria County holds 1 of the 4, Fayette 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 Gibbonses in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (1), Tennessee (1) and Texas (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 Gibbons?

Brazoria County (1), Fayette County (1), McLennan County (1). In all, 4 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 Gibbons appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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