Huff · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Huff in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 23 freedmen

23 freedmen named Huff registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Caldwell County (17), Kaufman County (3) and Goliad County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1847.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Huffs registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Huff registered, on the 1870 county map
23
Freedmen
5
Counties
Georgia
Largest birthplace
1847
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Huffs registered

Texas counties where the Huffs registered
CountyFreedmen%
Caldwell County1774%
Kaufman County313%
Goliad County14%
Harrison County14%
Lamar County14%

Where the Huffs were born

Birthplaces the Huffs reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Georgia943%
Tennessee733%
North Carolina314%
Florida15%
Mississippi15%

When the Huffs reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Huffs
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
1
1850s
3
1860s
19

Every Huff in the register

The Huffs in the register, 1 to 23 of 23
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Adington HuffCaldwell CountyGeorgia1866
Anthony HuffGoliad County1854
Archibald HuffCaldwell CountyTennessee1866
Benjamin HuffCaldwell CountyTennessee1866
Edmund HuffHarrison CountyGeorgia1847
Fleming HuffCaldwell County
Hemp HuffKaufman CountyTennessee1861
Henry HuffCaldwell CountyGeorgia1866
Henry HuffCaldwell CountyNorth Carolina1866
Isaac HuffLamar CountyTennessee1857
Jack HuffKaufman CountyTennessee1861
Jesse HuffCaldwell CountyTennessee1866
Mack HuffCaldwell CountyGeorgia1866
Nathan HuffCaldwell CountyNorth Carolina1866
Reuben HuffCaldwell CountyFlorida1866
Sampson HuffCaldwell CountyMississippi1866
Samuel HuffKaufman CountyTennessee1859
Sharper HuffCaldwell CountyNorth Carolina1866
Solomon HuffCaldwell CountyGeorgia1866
Valentine HuffCaldwell CountyGeorgia1866
Washington HuffCaldwell CountyGeorgia1866
William HuffCaldwell CountyGeorgia1866
Willis HuffCaldwell CountyGeorgia1866

Huff genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Huff in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Caldwell County holds 17 of the 23, Kaufman 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 Huffs in Texas come from?

They reported Georgia (9), Tennessee (7) and North Carolina (3) 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 Huff?

Caldwell County (17), Kaufman County (3), Goliad County (1). In all, 23 registered across 5 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 Huff appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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