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Hunter in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 63 freedmen

63 freedmen named Hunter registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Colorado County (6), Brazos County (5) and Fort Bend County (5). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, North Carolina and Georgia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1837.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Hunters registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Hunter registered, on the 1870 county map
63
Freedmen
24
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1837
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Hunters registered

Texas counties where the Hunters registered
CountyFreedmen%
Colorado County610%
Brazos County58%
Fort Bend County58%
Harrison County58%
Bowie County46%
Fayette County46%
Gonzales County46%
Brazoria County35%
Freestone County35%
Leon County35%
McLennan County35%
Anderson County23%
Bexar County23%
Denton County23%
Walker County23%
Wood County23%
Bastrop County12%
Cameron County12%
DeWitt County12%
Galveston County12%
Hays County12%
Hopkins County12%
Madison County12%
Wharton County12%

Where the Hunters were born

Birthplaces the Hunters reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama921%
North Carolina716%
Georgia614%
South Carolina614%
Tennessee49%
Louisiana37%
Arkansas25%
Mississippi25%
Texas25%
Kentucky12%
Maryland12%

When the Hunters reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Hunters
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
8
1850s
28
1860s
26

Every Hunter in the register

The Hunters in the register, 1 to 50 of 63
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Abraham HunterGonzales County1854
Allen HunterAnderson CountyAlabama1852
Andrew HunterBrazos County1856
Anthony HunterHarrison CountySouth Carolina1851
Augustus HunterColorado CountyTennessee1855
Bailey HunterFreestone CountyAlabama1867
Billy HunterWalker CountyGeorgia1860
Ceasar HunterFayette CountyAlabama1854
Charles HunterGalveston County1864
Charles HunterHarrison CountyGeorgia1853
Crockett HunterColorado CountyTennessee1853
Ephraim HunterDeWitt County1864
Esau HunterHays CountyAlabama
Essaw HunterBastrop CountyMississippi1854
George HunterHarrison CountyGeorgia1851
Gilbert HunterColorado CountyNorth Carolina1849
Gilbert HunterWharton County1866
Harry HunterMcLennan County1866
Henry HunterMadison CountyLouisiana1863
Isaah HunterLeon CountyTennessee
Jackson HunterDenton CountyArkansas1853
Jackson HunterDenton CountyArkansas1854
James HunterLeon CountyMaryland1866
Jerie HunterFreestone CountySouth Carolina1864
Joe HunterFort Bend County1866
Joe HunterGonzales County1859
John HunterBrazos County1861
John HunterFayette CountyAlabama1855
Joseph HunterHopkins CountyMississippi1849
Joshua HunterBrazoria CountyLouisiana1861
Joshua HunterFayette CountyAlabama1837
Lewis HunterBrazos County1863
Lewis HunterBrazos County1848
Lewis HunterFort Bend County1866
Lewis HunterGonzales County1854
Local HunterAnderson CountyGeorgia1861
London HunterWood CountySouth Carolina1854
Louis HunterBowie CountyAlabama1855
Louis HunterLeon CountyNorth Carolina1842
Manuel HunterBrazoria CountyLouisiana1863
Moses HunterBowie CountySouth Carolina1855
Moses HunterWalker CountyAlabama1852
Nathaniel HunterFreestone CountyGeorgia1867
Osborne HunterBowie CountyAlabama1855
Overton HunterBexar CountyTexas1851
Peter HunterBowie CountyNorth Carolina1859
Peter HunterFort Bend County1864
Richard HunterFort Bend County1841
Richard HunterFort Bend County1850
Sam HunterBrazos County1863

Hunter genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Hunter in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Colorado County holds 6 of the 63, Brazos 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 Hunters in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (9), North Carolina (7) and Georgia (6) as their birthplaces most often, and 2 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 Hunter?

Colorado County (6), Brazos County (5), Fort Bend County (5). In all, 63 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 Hunter appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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