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Houston in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 53 freedmen

53 freedmen named Houston registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Caldwell County (9), Gonzales County (5) and Harrison County (5). The birthplaces they reported most often were Tennessee, Texas and Alabama. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1840.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Houstons registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Houston registered, on the 1870 county map
53
Freedmen
24
Counties
Tennessee
Largest birthplace
1840
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Houstons registered

Texas counties where the Houstons registered
CountyFreedmen%
Caldwell County917%
Gonzales County59%
Harrison County59%
Bastrop County48%
Leon County48%
Walker County48%
Brazoria County24%
Cherokee County24%
Guadalupe County24%
Wharton County24%
Anderson County12%
Austin County12%
Bexar County12%
Brazos County12%
Burleson County12%
Burnet County12%
Colorado County12%
DeWitt County12%
Denton County12%
Fayette County12%
Freestone County12%
Hopkins County12%
Hunt County12%
Newton County12%

Where the Houstons were born

Birthplaces the Houstons reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Tennessee1023%
Texas819%
Alabama512%
Virginia512%
Mississippi49%
North Carolina37%
South Carolina37%
Georgia25%
Africa12%
Arkansas12%
Missouri12%

When the Houstons reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Houstons
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
15
1850s
12
1860s
24

Every Houston in the register

The Houstons in the register, 1 to 50 of 53
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Alfred HoustonFayette CountyTennessee1853
Allen HoustonCaldwell CountyTennessee1866
Anda HoustonBurleson County1843
Andy HoustonCaldwell CountyMississippi1866
Asa HoustonNewton CountyTennessee1862
Ben HoustonWharton County
Blan HoustonGonzales County1848
Caesar HoustonGuadalupe CountySouth Carolina1866
Eliza HoustonWalker CountyVirginia1863
Frank HoustonCaldwell CountyTexas1866
Fred HoustonBrazos County1863
George HoustonAnderson CountyGeorgia1861
George HoustonCaldwell CountyTexas1866
George HoustonHarrison CountyTexas1846
George HoustonLeon CountyNorth Carolina1855
Gibb HoustonGonzales County1852
Granville HoustonHarrison CountyAlabama1847
Haywood HoustonBastrop CountyMississippi1852
Humphrey HoustonLeon CountyVirginia1853
Isaac HoustonGuadalupe CountyTennessee1866
J.H. HoustonWalker CountyAlabama1840
James HoustonGonzales County1854
Jarvis HoustonCaldwell CountyAfrica1866
Jerry HoustonLeon CountyTennessee1855
Joe HoustonCaldwell CountyTennessee1866
John HoustonBrazoria CountyTexas1846
John HoustonCaldwell CountyTennessee1866
John HoustonDeWitt County1846
John O. HoustonDenton CountyMississippi1862
Kamey HoustonCaldwell CountyNorth Carolina1866
Marshal HoustonFreestone CountyVirginia1867
Moses HoustonBastrop CountyAlabama1852
Moses HoustonHarrison CountyTennessee1847
Ned HoustonWalker CountySouth Carolina
Paul HoustonGonzales County1843
Richard HoustonHarrison CountySouth Carolina1847
Rufus HoustonBastrop CountyMississippi1847
Sam HoustonCherokee CountyTennessee1866
Sam HoustonCherokee CountyAlabama
Sam HoustonColorado CountyTexas1841
Sam HoustonGonzales County1852
Sam HoustonHunt CountyArkansas
Sam HoustonLeon CountyTexas1858
Sam HoustonWalker CountyTexas1846
Sammuel HoustonAustin CountyVirginia1852
Sammuel HoustonBexar CountyTexas1861
Sammuel HoustonBrazoria CountyGeorgia1861
Samuel HoustonBurnet CountyMissouri
Samuel HoustonHopkins CountyVirginia1859
Samuel HoustonWharton County1866

Houston genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Houston in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Caldwell County holds 9 of the 53, Gonzales 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 Houstons in Texas come from?

They reported Tennessee (10), Texas (8) and Alabama (5) 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 Houston?

Caldwell County (9), Gonzales County (5), Harrison County (5). In all, 53 registered across 24 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 Houston appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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