Graves · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Graves in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 34 freedmen

34 freedmen named Graves registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Harrison County (7), Fort Bend County (4) and McLennan County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were Kentucky, Texas and Virginia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1819.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Graveses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Graves registered, on the 1870 county map
34
Freedmen
19
Counties
Kentucky
Largest birthplace
1819
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Graveses registered

Texas counties where the Graveses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County721%
Fort Bend County412%
McLennan County39%
Burleson County26%
Galveston County26%
Gonzales County26%
Guadalupe County26%
Bexar County13%
Brazoria County13%
Brazos County13%
Colorado County13%
Comal County13%
Coryell County13%
Davis County13%
Erath County13%
Hidalgo County13%
Hill County13%
Houston County13%
Wharton County13%

Where the Graveses were born

Birthplaces the Graveses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Kentucky422%
Texas422%
Virginia317%
South Carolina211%
Arkansas16%
Louisiana16%
Mississippi16%
North Carolina16%
Tennessee16%

When the Graveses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Graveses
DecadeFreedmen
1810s
1
1820s
0
1830s
0
1840s
12
1850s
9
1860s
11

Every Graves in the register

The Graveses in the register, 1 to 34 of 34
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Adam GravesFort Bend CountyTexas1848
Addison GravesHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1853
Anderson GravesGonzales County1846
Aubrose GravesBrazoria CountyKentucky1847
C. GravesBurleson County1857
Daneil GravesGuadalupe CountyArkansas1866
Daniel GravesHarrison CountyLouisiana1846
Edley GravesBurleson County1857
Edward GravesHidalgo CountyTennessee1847
Ephraim GravesHarrison CountyVirginia1846
Frank GravesMcLennan County1866
George GravesHarrison CountyTexas1846
Goot H. GravesHarrison CountyTexas1846
Granville GravesHouston County
Harberry GravesMcLennan County1866
Jefferson GravesColorado CountyVirginia1853
John GravesHill CountyMississippi1853
Lewis GravesMcLennan County1866
Moses GravesBexar CountyKentucky1855
Moses GravesGuadalupe CountyKentucky
Oliver GravesWharton County1866
Peter GravesGalveston County1864
Richard GravesFort Bend County1859
Robert GravesBrazos County1864
Robert GravesDavis CountySouth Carolina1842
Samuel GravesHarrison CountyVirginia1846
Sandford GravesComal CountyKentucky1819
Spencer GravesErath CountySouth Carolina1853
Sterling GravesFort Bend County1866
Warner GravesHarrison CountyTexas1846
Wesley GravesFort Bend County1866
William GravesGalveston County1859
William GravesGonzales County1849
Willis GravesCoryell County1866

Graves genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Graves in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 7 of the 34, Fort Bend 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 Graveses in Texas come from?

They reported Kentucky (4), Texas (4) and Virginia (3) 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 Graves?

Harrison County (7), Fort Bend County (4), McLennan County (3). In all, 34 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 Graves appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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