Grant · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Grant in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 43 freedmen

43 freedmen named Grant registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Harrison County (9), Brazoria County (4) and Walker County (4). The birthplaces they reported most often were Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1831.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Grants registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Grant registered, on the 1870 county map
43
Freedmen
19
Counties
Georgia
Largest birthplace
1831
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Grants registered

Texas counties where the Grants registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County921%
Brazoria County49%
Walker County49%
Colorado County37%
Fayette County37%
Fort Bend County37%
DeWitt County25%
Galveston County25%
McLennan County25%
Wharton County25%
Austin County12%
Brazos County12%
Collin County12%
Dallas County12%
Freestone County12%
Gonzales County12%
Medina County12%
Tarrant County12%
Wood County12%

Where the Grants were born

Birthplaces the Grants reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Georgia724%
Alabama517%
South Carolina517%
Virginia310%
Maryland27%
North Carolina27%
Tennessee27%
Kentucky13%
Louisiana13%
Missouri13%

When the Grants reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Grants
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
2
1850s
28
1860s
12

Every Grant in the register

The Grants in the register, 1 to 43 of 43
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Albert GrantColorado CountyAlabama1852
Alex. GrantCollin CountyNorth Carolina1855
Allen GrantHarrison CountyGeorgia1856
Augustus GrantWalker CountyLouisiana1866
Benjamin GrantHarrison CountyGeorgia1858
Charles GrantFort Bend County1858
Charles GrantWharton County1866
Cyrus GrantFayette CountyAlabama1850
Daniel GrantHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1860
Edmond GrantWharton County1866
Edward GrantWood CountyTennessee1852
Elve GrantMcLennan County1867
Green GrantGalveston County1853
Henry GrantBrazos County1852
Henry GrantWalker CountyKentucky1863
Isaac GrantMedina County1855
John GrantColorado CountyVirginia1851
John GrantHarrison CountyTennessee1859
Lewis GrantAustin CountyGeorgia1860
Major General GrantWalker CountyMaryland1859
Monday GrantBrazoria CountySouth Carolina1855
Monday GrantBrazoria CountySouth Carolina1855
Monday GrantFreestone CountySouth Carolina1867
Ned GrantGonzales County1857
Noble GrantFort Bend County1859
Ohn GrantDallas CountyMaryland1859
Richard GrantWalker CountyVirginia1861
Robert GrantDeWitt County1850
Rufus GrantFayette CountyAlabama1850
Sabe GrantBrazoria CountyGeorgia1855
Sampson GrantHarrison CountyVirginia1856
Samson GrantBrazoria CountySouth Carolina1863
Simon GrantHarrison CountySouth Carolina1861
Solomon GrantMcLennan County1866
Spencer GrantGalveston County1851
Spencer GrantTarrant CountyMissouri1831
Squire GrantDeWitt County1849
Thomas GrantFort Bend County1856
Warren GrantFayette CountyAlabama1852
William GrantColorado CountyAlabama1849
William GrantHarrison CountyGeorgia1856
William GrantHarrison CountyGeorgia1856
William GrantHarrison CountyGeorgia1856

Grant genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Grant in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 9 of the 43, Brazoria County 4. 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 Grants in Texas come from?

They reported Georgia (7), Alabama (5) and South Carolina (5) 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 Grant?

Harrison County (9), Brazoria County (4), Walker County (4). In all, 43 registered across 19 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 Grant appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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