Hutchins · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Hutchins in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 4 freedmen

4 freedmen named Hutchins registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Wharton County (2), Austin County (1) and Grayson County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Tennessee and Virginia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1849.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Hutchinses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Hutchins registered, on the 1870 county map
4
Freedmen
3
Counties
Tennessee
Largest birthplace
1849
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Hutchinses registered

Texas counties where the Hutchinses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Wharton County250%
Austin County125%
Grayson County125%

Where the Hutchinses were born

Birthplaces the Hutchinses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Tennessee150%
Virginia150%

When the Hutchinses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Hutchinses
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
1
1850s
0
1860s
3

Variations of Hutchins

Every Hutchins in the register

The Hutchinses in the register, 1 to 4 of 4
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Alfred HutchinsWharton County1866
Ned HutchinsAustin CountyVirginia1849
Nohar HutchinsGrayson CountyTennessee
Samuel HutchinsWharton County1866

Hutchins genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Hutchins in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Wharton County holds 2 of the 4, Austin County 1. 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 look under Hutchinson as well.

Where did the Hutchinses in Texas come from?

They reported Tennessee (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 Hutchins?

Wharton County (2), Austin County (1), Grayson County (1). In all, 4 registered across 3 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 Hutchins appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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