Hutchings · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Hutchings in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Hutchings registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Bastrop County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were South Carolina and Virginia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1857.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Hutchingses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Hutchings registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
1
Counties
South Carolina
Largest birthplace
1857
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Hutchingses registered

Texas counties where the Hutchingses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Bastrop County2100%

Where the Hutchingses were born

Birthplaces the Hutchingses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
South Carolina150%
Virginia150%

When the Hutchingses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Hutchingses
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
2

Every Hutchings in the register

The Hutchingses in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Ruben HutchingsBastrop CountySouth Carolina1857
Wesley HutchingsBastrop CountyVirginia1859

Hutchings genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Hutchings in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Bastrop County holds 2 of the 2. 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 Hutchingses in Texas come from?

They reported South Carolina (1) and Virginia (1) 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 Hutchings?

Bastrop County (2). In all, 2 registered across 1 Texas county 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 Hutchings appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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