Glenn · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Glenn in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 14 freedmen

14 freedmen named Glenn registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Bastrop County (3), Burleson County (2) and Colorado County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1848.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Glenns registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Glenn registered, on the 1870 county map
14
Freedmen
10
Counties
Georgia
Largest birthplace
1848
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Glenns registered

Where the Glenns were born

Birthplaces the Glenns reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Georgia333%
Kentucky111%
Mississippi111%
North Carolina111%
South Carolina111%
Texas111%
Virginia111%

When the Glenns reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Glenns
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
1
1850s
6
1860s
7

Every Glenn in the register

The Glenns in the register, 1 to 14 of 14
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Barrey GlennNewton CountyGeorgia1857
G. GlennBurleson County1863
Glosier GlennFalls County
Hamminbal GlennBastrop CountyMississippi1860
Henry GlennJackson County1857
Isaac GlennBastrop CountyGeorgia1860
J. GlennBurleson County1857
John GlennBastrop CountyVirginia1861
John Nelson GlennParker CountyKentucky1857
Sam GlennColorado CountySouth Carolina1857
Thomas GlennColorado CountyNorth Carolina1853
Thomas GlennWharton County1866
William GlennBrazoria CountyTexas1848
William GlennCaldwell CountyGeorgia1866

Glenn genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Glenn in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Bastrop County holds 3 of the 14, Burleson County 2. 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 Glenns in Texas come from?

They reported Georgia (3), Kentucky (1) and Mississippi (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 Glenn?

Bastrop County (3), Burleson County (2), Colorado County (2). In all, 14 registered across 10 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 Glenn appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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