Madison · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Madison in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 20 freedmen

20 freedmen named Madison registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Freestone County (3), Harrison County (3) and Walker County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were Texas, Alabama and Mississippi. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1838.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Madisons registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Madison registered, on the 1870 county map
20
Freedmen
11
Counties
Texas
Largest birthplace
1838
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Madisons registered

Where the Madisons were born

Birthplaces the Madisons reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Texas421%
Alabama316%
Mississippi316%
South Carolina211%
Tennessee211%
Virginia211%
Georgia15%
Missouri15%
North Carolina15%

When the Madisons reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Madisons
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
7
1850s
5
1860s
7

Every Madison in the register

The Madisons in the register, 1 to 20 of 20
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Calvin MadisonHarrison CountyAlabama1862
Dennis MadisonFreestone CountyAlabama1855
Giles MadisonBastrop CountyTennessee1849
Hampton MadisonFort Bend County1860
Henry MadisonFreestone CountyMississippi1857
James MadisonBexar CountyNorth Carolina1863
James MadisonFayette CountyMissouri1861
James MadisonFreestone CountyAlabama1863
James MadisonHarrison CountyGeorgia1858
John MadisonBexar CountyMississippi1864
Joseph MadisonBrazoria CountySouth Carolina1859
Lafayette MadisonAustin CountyTexas1847
Merrins MadisonWalker CountyTennessee1844
Oliver MadisonWalker CountyVirginia1845
Seymore MadisonHarrison CountyTexas1846
Squire MadisonColorado CountyVirginia1838
Thomas MadisonWalker CountyTexas1846
Walter MadisonAustin CountyTexas1842
William MadisonHopkins CountySouth Carolina1864
Willis MadisonBrazoria CountyMississippi1851

Madison genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Madison in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Freestone County holds 3 of the 20, Harrison County 3. 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 Madisons in Texas come from?

They reported Texas (4), Alabama (3) and Mississippi (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 Madison?

Freestone County (3), Harrison County (3), Walker County (3). In all, 20 registered across 11 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 Madison appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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