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Page in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 21 freedmen

21 freedmen named Page registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Fayette County (3), Harrison County (3) and Gonzales County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1836.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Pages registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Page registered, on the 1870 county map
21
Freedmen
16
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1836
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Pages registered

Where the Pages were born

Birthplaces the Pages reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia646%
Kentucky215%
North Carolina215%
Alabama18%
Mississippi18%
Missouri18%

When the Pages reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Pages
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
3
1850s
9
1860s
7

Every Page in the register

The Pages in the register, 1 to 21 of 21
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Adam PageGalveston County1836
Albert w. PageBandera County1842
Alfred PageJohnson CountyVirginia1858
Allen PageFayette CountyNorth Carolina1854
Allen PageGonzales County1852
Edmund PageHarrison CountyKentucky1863
Henry PageFalls County
Henry PageGoliad County1851
Henry PageHarrison CountyKentucky1863
Isaac PageGuadalupe CountyMissouri1866
Jerry PageGonzales County1854
Joseph PageColorado CountyVirginia1859
Joseph PageWalker CountyNorth Carolina1853
Morris PageWharton County1866
Peter PageFayette CountyMississippi1855
Robert PageFreestone CountyVirginia1865
Russell PageFayette CountyAlabama1860
Samuel PageHarrison CountyVirginia1846
Sidney PageNueces CountyVirginia1857
Thornton PageFort Bend County1847
Titus PageBexar CountyVirginia1864

Page genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Page in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Fayette County holds 3 of the 21, 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 Pages in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (6), Kentucky (2) and North Carolina (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 Page?

Fayette County (3), Harrison County (3), Gonzales County (2). In all, 21 registered across 16 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 Page appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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