Jarmon · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Jarmon in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 13 freedmen

13 freedmen named Jarmon registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Fayette County (11) and Colorado County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Tennessee and Mississippi. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1852.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Jarmons registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Jarmon registered, on the 1870 county map
13
Freedmen
2
Counties
Tennessee
Largest birthplace
1852
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Jarmons registered

Texas counties where the Jarmons registered
CountyFreedmen%
Fayette County1185%
Colorado County215%

Where the Jarmons were born

Birthplaces the Jarmons reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Tennessee1292%
Mississippi18%

When the Jarmons reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Jarmons
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
13

Every Jarmon in the register

The Jarmons in the register, 1 to 13 of 13
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Abe JarmonFayette CountyTennessee1854
Ben JarmonFayette CountyTennessee1854
Charles JarmonFayette CountyTennessee1854
Charlie JarmonFayette CountyTennessee1852
Isaac JarmonColorado CountyTennessee1853
Jim JarmonFayette CountyTennessee1853
John JarmonFayette CountyTennessee1854
Moses JarmonFayette CountyTennessee1853
Peter JarmonFayette CountyMississippi1855
Philip JarmonColorado CountyTennessee1853
Ransom JarmonFayette CountyTennessee1854
Sandy JarmonFayette CountyTennessee1853
Will JarmonFayette CountyTennessee1854

Jarmon genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Jarmon in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Fayette County holds 11 of the 13, Colorado County 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 Jarmons in Texas come from?

They reported Tennessee (12) and Mississippi (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 Jarmon?

Fayette County (11), Colorado County (2). In all, 13 registered across 2 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 Jarmon appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

Texas genealogy: keep looking

All surnamesAll countiesBrowse by birthplaceSearch Jarmon by first name