Hastings · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Hastings in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 3 freedmen

3 freedmen named Hastings registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Gonzales County (1), Guadalupe County (1) and San Augustine County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama and North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1855.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Hastingses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Hastings registered, on the 1870 county map
3
Freedmen
3
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1855
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Hastingses registered

Texas counties where the Hastingses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Gonzales County133%
Guadalupe County133%
San Augustine County133%

Where the Hastingses were born

Birthplaces the Hastingses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama150%
North Carolina150%

When the Hastingses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Hastingses
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
1
1860s
2

Every Hastings in the register

The Hastingses in the register, 1 to 3 of 3
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Alexander HastingsGuadalupe CountyAlabama1866
Stephen HastingsGonzales County1855
Windsor HastingsSan Augustine CountyNorth Carolina1866

Hastings genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Hastings in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Gonzales County holds 1 of the 3, Guadalupe 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 Hastingses in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (1) and North Carolina (1) 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 Hastings?

Gonzales County (1), Guadalupe County (1), San Augustine County (1). In all, 3 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 Hastings appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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