Harbert · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Harbert in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 14 freedmen

14 freedmen named Harbert registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Colorado County (9) and Caldwell County (5). The birthplaces they reported most often were North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1851.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Harberts registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Harbert registered, on the 1870 county map
14
Freedmen
2
Counties
North Carolina
Largest birthplace
1851
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Harberts registered

Texas counties where the Harberts registered
CountyFreedmen%
Colorado County964%
Caldwell County536%

Where the Harberts were born

Birthplaces the Harberts reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
North Carolina429%
Tennessee429%
Virginia429%
Mississippi214%

When the Harberts reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Harberts
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
9
1860s
5

Every Harbert in the register

The Harberts in the register, 1 to 14 of 14
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Andrew HarbertColorado CountyTennessee1855
Austin HarbertColorado CountyNorth Carolina1855
Bartley HarbertColorado CountyVirginia1855
Boston HarbertColorado CountyNorth Carolina1851
Bynan HarbertColorado CountyNorth Carolina1855
George HarbertCaldwell CountyVirginia1866
Horace HarbertColorado CountyNorth Carolina1853
Jackson HarbertCaldwell CountyTennessee1866
James HarbertCaldwell CountyVirginia1866
Madison HarbertCaldwell CountyTennessee1866
Manuel HarbertColorado CountyMississippi1854
Nat HarbertCaldwell CountyVirginia1866
Nathaniel HarbertColorado CountyMississippi1855
Robert HarbertColorado CountyTennessee1855

Harbert genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Harbert in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Colorado County holds 9 of the 14, Caldwell County 5. 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 Harberts in Texas come from?

They reported North Carolina (4), Tennessee (4) and Virginia (4) 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 Harbert?

Colorado County (9), Caldwell County (5). In all, 14 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 Harbert appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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