Love · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Love in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 38 freedmen

38 freedmen named Love registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Brazos County (5), Walker County (5) and Austin County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were Texas, Alabama and North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1839.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Loves registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Love registered, on the 1870 county map
38
Freedmen
19
Counties
Texas
Largest birthplace
1839
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Loves registered

Texas counties where the Loves registered
CountyFreedmen%
Brazos County513%
Walker County513%
Austin County38%
Brazoria County38%
Harrison County38%
San Augustine County38%
Davis County25%
Houston County25%
McLennan County25%
Anderson County13%
Bastrop County13%
Bowie County13%
Burleson County13%
Colorado County13%
Falls County13%
Galveston County13%
Grayson County13%
Guadalupe County13%
Leon County13%

Where the Loves were born

Birthplaces the Loves reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Texas622%
Alabama519%
North Carolina311%
Georgia27%
Louisiana27%
Mississippi27%
Tennessee27%
Florida14%
Kentucky14%
Maryland14%
South Carolina14%
Virginia14%

When the Loves reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Loves
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
12
1850s
10
1860s
14

Every Love in the register

The Loves in the register, 1 to 38 of 38
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Abram LoveBrazoria CountyGeorgia1851
Allen LoveWalker CountyAlabama1863
Anderson LoveWalker CountyLouisiana
Calvin LoveAnderson CountyTennessee1856
Charles LoveBrazoria CountyTexas1840
Charles LoveBurleson County1847
Cicero LoveHouston CountyMississippi1852
Claiborn LoveHouston CountyNorth Carolina1853
David LoveSan Augustine CountyVirginia1866
Ellis LoveGuadalupe CountyMississippi
Emannuel LoveBrazos County1844
Henry LoveHarrison CountyAlabama1861
Henson LoveWalker CountyMaryland1863
Jack LoveSan Augustine CountyTennessee1866
Jacob LoveBowie CountyTexas1857
Jerry LoveHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1849
Jim LoveAustin CountyTexas1846
John LoveBastrop CountyTexas1851
John LoveBrazos County1845
John LoveBrazos County1848
John LoveGalveston County1860
Jordon LoveFalls County
Lafayette LoveMcLennan County1866
Lewis LoveDavis CountyChoctaw Nation1856
Martin LoveAustin CountyGeorgia1851
Matthew LoveMcLennan County1866
Newton LoveWalker CountyAlabama1863
Perry LoveWalker CountyAlabama1842
Richard LoveDavis CountySouth Carolina1854
Robt LoveColorado CountyTexas1846
Samuel LoveSan Augustine CountyAlabama1866
Sandy LoveAustin CountyTexas1843
Simon LoveLeon CountyFlorida1839
Washington LoveBrazoria CountyLouisiana1848
Wide LoveBrazos County1848
William LoveBrazos County1866
Wilson LoveHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1860
Wm LoveGrayson CountyKentucky1851

Love genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Love in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Brazos County holds 5 of the 38, Walker 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 Loves in Texas come from?

They reported Texas (6), Alabama (5) and North Carolina (3) 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 Love?

Brazos County (5), Walker County (5), Austin County (3). In all, 38 registered across 19 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 Love appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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