Massingale · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Massingale in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Massingale registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Harrison County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama and Arkansas. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1846.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Massingales registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Massingale registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
1
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1846
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Massingales registered

Texas counties where the Massingales registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County2100%

Where the Massingales were born

Birthplaces the Massingales reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama150%
Arkansas150%

When the Massingales reached Texas

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

Every Massingale in the register

The Massingales in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Had MassingaleHarrison CountyAlabama1864
Joseph MassingaleHarrison CountyArkansas1846

Massingale genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Massingale in Texas?

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

They reported Alabama (1) and Arkansas (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 Massingale?

Harrison 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 Massingale appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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