Hampton · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Hampton in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 37 freedmen

37 freedmen named Hampton registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Austin County (6), Fort Bend County (3) and Gonzales County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1827.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Hamptons registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Hampton registered, on the 1870 county map
37
Freedmen
21
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1827
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Hamptons registered

Texas counties where the Hamptons registered
CountyFreedmen%
Austin County616%
Fort Bend County38%
Gonzales County38%
Walker County38%
Brazoria County25%
Brazos County25%
Harrison County25%
McLennan County25%
Victoria County25%
Bexar County13%
Bowie County13%
Chambers County13%
Cherokee County13%
Collin County13%
Davis County13%
Fayette County13%
Freestone County13%
Guadalupe County13%
Lamar County13%
Matagorda County13%
Refugio County13%

Where the Hamptons were born

Birthplaces the Hamptons reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama625%
Tennessee313%
Georgia28%
Kentucky28%
Louisiana28%
North Carolina28%
Texas28%
Virginia28%
Mississippi14%
Missouri14%
South Carolina14%

When the Hamptons reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Hamptons
DecadeFreedmen
1820s
1
1830s
2
1840s
11
1850s
8
1860s
14

Every Hampton in the register

The Hamptons in the register, 1 to 37 of 37
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Abreham HamptonBrazoria CountyTexas1827
Alford HamptonCherokee CountyLouisiana1866
Arnet HamptonMcLennan County1866
Arthur HamptonGuadalupe CountyKentucky1866
D. U. HamptonHarrison CountyVirginia1862
Granville HamptonDavis CountyVirginia1865
Hezekiah HamptonAustin CountyAlabama1847
J.M. HamptonBrazos County1838
Janail HamptonAustin CountyAlabama1848
John HamptonAustin CountyAlabama1847
John HamptonFayette CountyGeorgia1854
Luke HamptonLamar CountyTennessee1860
Moses HamptonWalker CountyNorth Carolina1856
Ned HamptonGonzales County1849
Osborn HamptonBexar CountyMississippi1854
Sidney HamptonRefugio County
Solomon HamptonAustin CountyNorth Carolina1847
Squire HamptonBrazos County1863
Sydney HamptonVictoria County1866
Tom HamptonGonzales County1852
W. HamptonCollin CountyMissouri1848
Wade HamptonAustin CountyAlabama1866
Wade HamptonBowie CountyTennessee1849
Wade HamptonBrazoria CountyKentucky1831
Wade HamptonChambers CountySouth Carolina1854
Wade HamptonFort Bend County1846
Wade HamptonFort Bend County1865
Wade HamptonFort Bend County1840
Wade HamptonFreestone CountyGeorgia1867
Wade HamptonGonzales County1865
Wade HamptonHarrison CountyTennessee1850
Wade HamptonMatagorda CountyTexas1842
Wade HamptonMcLennan County1866
Wade HamptonVictoria County1866
Wade HamptonWalker CountyAlabama1859
Wade N. HamptonWalker CountyLouisiana1855
Wiley HamptonAustin CountyAlabama1847

Hampton genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Hampton in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Austin County holds 6 of the 37, Fort Bend County 3. 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 Hamptons in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (6), Tennessee (3) and Georgia (2) as their birthplaces most often, and 2 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 Hampton?

Austin County (6), Fort Bend County (3), Gonzales County (3). In all, 37 registered across 21 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 Hampton appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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