Grover · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Grover in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Grover registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Freestone County (1) and Walker County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1849.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Grovers registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Grover registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
2
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1849
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Grovers registered

Texas counties where the Grovers registered
CountyFreedmen%
Freestone County150%
Walker County150%

Where the Grovers were born

Birthplaces the Grovers reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama2100%

When the Grovers reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Grovers
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
1
1850s
1

Every Grover in the register

The Grovers in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Joseph GroverFreestone CountyAlabama1852
William GroverWalker CountyAlabama1849

Grover genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Grover in Texas?

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

They reported Alabama (2) 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 Grover?

Freestone County (1), Walker 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 Grover appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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