Norwood · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Norwood in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 17 freedmen

17 freedmen named Norwood registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Falls County (6), Gonzales County (5) and McLennan County (5). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1848.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Norwoods registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Norwood registered, on the 1870 county map
17
Freedmen
4
Counties
1848
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Norwoods registered

Texas counties where the Norwoods registered
CountyFreedmen%
Falls County635%
Gonzales County529%
McLennan County529%
Galveston County16%

When the Norwoods reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Norwoods
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
2
1850s
4
1860s
6

Every Norwood in the register

The Norwoods in the register, 1 to 17 of 17
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Albert NorwoodGonzales County1851
Benjamin NorwoodFalls County
Billy NorwoodGonzales County1848
Crawford NorwoodMcLennan County1866
Daniel NorwoodFalls County
Fletcher NorwoodGalveston County1855
Henry NorwoodMcLennan County1866
Isham NorwoodGonzales County1850
James NorwoodGonzales County1850
Martin NorwoodFalls County
Morris NorwoodMcLennan County1866
Ninson NorwoodFalls County
Philip NorwoodFalls County
Sam NorwoodGonzales County1849
Stepney NorwoodMcLennan County1866
Turner NorwoodMcLennan County1866
Wiatt NorwoodFalls County

Norwood genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Norwood in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Falls County holds 6 of the 17, Gonzales 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.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Norwood?

Falls County (6), Gonzales County (5), McLennan County (5). In all, 17 registered across 4 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 Norwood appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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