Hancock · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Hancock in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 13 freedmen

13 freedmen named Hancock registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Bastrop County (6), Colorado County (3) and Houston County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Texas and Kentucky. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1840.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Hancocks registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Hancock registered, on the 1870 county map
13
Freedmen
5
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1840
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Hancocks registered

Texas counties where the Hancocks registered
CountyFreedmen%
Bastrop County646%
Colorado County323%
Houston County215%
Hardin County18%
Orange County18%

Where the Hancocks were born

Birthplaces the Hancocks reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama431%
Texas431%
Kentucky323%
Georgia18%
Tennessee18%

When the Hancocks reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Hancocks
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
3
1850s
7
1860s
2

Every Hancock in the register

The Hancocks in the register, 1 to 13 of 13
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Alexander HancockBastrop CountyAlabama1853
Buckner HancockBastrop CountyTexas1840
Dick HancockHouston CountyAlabama1854
Hames HancockColorado CountyKentucky1852
Isaac HancockBastrop CountyTexas1845
Isaac HancockHardin CountyGeorgia1851
Issac HancockHouston CountyAlabama
Jasper HancockColorado CountyTexas1841
Louis HancockBastrop CountyTennessee1855
Peter HancockBastrop CountyAlabama1853
Peter HancockBastrop CountyKentucky1866
Ris HancockColorado CountyKentucky1853
Ross HancockOrange CountyTexas

Hancock genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Hancock in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Bastrop County holds 6 of the 13, Colorado 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 Hancocks in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (4), Texas (4) and Kentucky (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 Hancock?

Bastrop County (6), Colorado County (3), Houston County (2). In all, 13 registered across 5 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 Hancock appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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