High · Texas · 1867 voter registration

High in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 4 freedmen

4 freedmen named High registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Freestone County (3) and Harrison County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama and North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1848.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Highs registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named High registered, on the 1870 county map
4
Freedmen
2
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1848
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Highs registered

Texas counties where the Highs registered
CountyFreedmen%
Freestone County375%
Harrison County125%

Where the Highs were born

Birthplaces the Highs reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama250%
North Carolina250%

When the Highs reached Texas

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

Every High in the register

The Highs in the register, 1 to 4 of 4
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Henderson HighHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1848
Jackson HighFreestone CountyNorth Carolina1867
Joseph HIghFreestone CountyAlabama1867
Ned HighFreestone CountyAlabama1851

High genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named High in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Freestone County holds 3 of the 4, Harrison 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 Highs in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (2) and North Carolina (2) 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 High?

Freestone County (3), Harrison County (1). In all, 4 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 High appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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