Hines · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Hines in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 25 freedmen

25 freedmen named Hines registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in McLennan County (6), Colorado County (5) and Bexar County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1836.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Hineses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Hines registered, on the 1870 county map
25
Freedmen
13
Counties
Mississippi
Largest birthplace
1836
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Hineses registered

Where the Hineses were born

Birthplaces the Hineses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Mississippi424%
North Carolina318%
Tennessee318%
Arkansas212%
Kentucky212%
Louisiana16%
Missouri16%
Texas16%

When the Hineses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Hineses
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
3
1850s
7
1860s
13

Every Hines in the register

The Hineses in the register, 1 to 25 of 25
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Albert HinesDavis CountyTennessee1850
Anthony HinesMcLennan County1866
Archer HinesMcLennan County1867
Charles HinesBexar CountyArkansas1858
Charles HinesBlanco CountyTennessee1851
Dock HinesMadison CountyLouisiana1851
Fayette HinesColorado CountyTexas1842
Frank HinesColorado CountyTennessee1864
Geo. HinesBexar CountyArkansas1857
Henry HinesColorado CountyMississippi1852
Henry HinesDallas CountyKentucky1861
James HinesMcLennan County1867
Jerrey HinesNewton CountyMississippi1847
Jerry HinesFayette CountyMissouri1861
Joe HinesMcLennan County1866
Josh HinesJackson County1860
Jubiter HinesCaldwell CountyKentucky1866
Lewis HinesNewton CountyMississippi1852
Luckas HinesColorado CountyMississippi1836
Mike HinesKerr CountyNorth Carolina1860
Minor HinesColorado CountyNorth Carolina1841
Perry HinesMcLennan County1866
R. HinesHood CountyNorth Carolina
Thomas HinesJackson County1860
William HinesMcLennan County1867

Hines genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Hines in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. McLennan County holds 6 of the 25, Colorado 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 Hineses in Texas come from?

They reported Mississippi (4), North Carolina (3) and Tennessee (3) 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 Hines?

McLennan County (6), Colorado County (5), Bexar County (2). In all, 25 registered across 13 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 Hines appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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