Haggerty · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Haggerty in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 15 freedmen

15 freedmen named Haggerty registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Harrison County (12), Bowie County (2) and Davis County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Louisiana and North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1846.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Haggertys registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Haggerty registered, on the 1870 county map
15
Freedmen
3
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1846
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Haggertys registered

Texas counties where the Haggertys registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County1280%
Bowie County213%
Davis County17%

Where the Haggertys were born

Birthplaces the Haggertys reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama533%
Louisiana213%
North Carolina213%
Virginia213%
Arkansas17%
Georgia17%
South Carolina17%
Texas17%

When the Haggertys reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Haggertys
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
12
1850s
2
1860s
1

Every Haggerty in the register

The Haggertys in the register, 1 to 15 of 15
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Alex HaggertyHarrison CountyGeorgia1847
Daniel HaggertyHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1846
Daniel HaggertyHarrison CountyLouisiana1852
Daniel HaggertyHarrison CountyAlabama1846
Dumpsey HaggertyBowie CountyTexas1864
Enoch HaggertyHarrison CountyAlabama1846
Jack HaggertyHarrison CountyAlabama1846
Jack HaggertyHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1846
James HaggertyBowie CountyAlabama1849
Jerry HaggertyHarrison CountyAlabama1846
John HaggertyDavis CountyArkansas1854
Joseph HaggertyHarrison CountyVirginia1846
Peter HaggertyHarrison CountySouth Carolina1847
Samuel HaggertyHarrison CountyLouisiana1849
Shadrick HaggertyHarrison CountyVirginia1846

Haggerty genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Haggerty in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 12 of the 15, Bowie 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 Haggertys in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (5), Louisiana (2) and North Carolina (2) 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 Haggerty?

Harrison County (12), Bowie County (2), Davis County (1). In all, 15 registered across 3 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 Haggerty appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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