Hightower · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Hightower in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 24 freedmen

24 freedmen named Hightower registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Walker County (12), Burleson County (3) and Hood County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Virginia and Arkansas. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1840.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Hightowers registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Hightower registered, on the 1870 county map
24
Freedmen
10
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1840
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Hightowers registered

Texas counties where the Hightowers registered
CountyFreedmen%
Walker County1250%
Burleson County313%
Hood County28%
Anderson County14%
Bowie County14%
Brazos County14%
Fayette County14%
San Augustine County14%
Wharton County14%
Wilson County14%

Where the Hightowers were born

Birthplaces the Hightowers reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama1053%
Virginia316%
Arkansas15%
Georgia15%
Mississippi15%
South Carolina15%
Tennessee15%
Texas15%

When the Hightowers reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Hightowers
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
6
1850s
11
1860s
4

Every Hightower in the register

The Hightowers in the register, 1 to 24 of 24
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Albert HightowerWalker CountyAlabama1851
Alexander HightowerWalker CountyVirginia1850
Allen HightowerWalker CountyAlabama1850
Barney HightowerAnderson CountyTexas1844
Ben HightowerWalker CountyAlabama1849
Charley HightowerWalker CountyAlabama1850
David HightowerBowie CountyArkansas1847
David HightowerWalker CountyAlabama1852
Ed HightowerFayette CountyVirginia1853
Isaac HightowerWalker CountyAlabama1850
J. HightowerBurleson County1861
Jere. HightowerBurleson County1862
Jordan HightowerBrazos County1847
Jordan HightowerBurleson County1862
Lawrence HightowerWalker CountyAlabama1851
N HIghtowerHood CountyMississippi
Reuben HightowerWilson CountyTennessee1852
S HightowerHood CountySouth Carolina
Samuel HightowerWharton County1866
Simon HightowerWalker CountyAlabama1852
Taylor HightowerWalker CountyVirginia1840
Thomas HightowerSan Augustine CountyGeorgia
Tom HightowerWalker CountyAlabama1849
William HightowerWalker CountyAlabama1850

Hightower genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Hightower in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Walker County holds 12 of the 24, Burleson 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 Hightowers in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (10), Virginia (3) and Arkansas (1) as their birthplaces most often, and 1 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 Hightower?

Walker County (12), Burleson County (3), Hood County (2). In all, 24 registered across 10 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 Hightower appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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