Keatin · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Keatin in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Keatin registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Fayette County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Tennessee. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1855.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Keatins registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Keatin registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
1
Counties
Tennessee
Largest birthplace
1855
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Keatins registered

Texas counties where the Keatins registered
CountyFreedmen%
Fayette County2100%

Where the Keatins were born

Birthplaces the Keatins reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Tennessee2100%

When the Keatins reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Keatins
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
2

Every Keatin in the register

The Keatins in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Andrew KeatinFayette CountyTennessee1859
Moses KeatinFayette CountyTennessee1855

Keatin genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Keatin in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Fayette 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 Keatins in Texas come from?

They reported Tennessee (2) 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 Keatin?

Fayette 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 Keatin appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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