Pain · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Pain in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 3 freedmen

3 freedmen named Pain registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Bastrop County (1), Bexar County (1) and McLennan County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were North Carolina and Virginia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1837.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Pains registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Pain registered, on the 1870 county map
3
Freedmen
3
Counties
North Carolina
Largest birthplace
1837
Earliest arrival
1830s
Fullest decade

Where the Pains registered

Texas counties where the Pains registered
CountyFreedmen%
Bastrop County133%
Bexar County133%
McLennan County133%

Where the Pains were born

Birthplaces the Pains reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
North Carolina150%
Virginia150%

When the Pains reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Pains
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
0
1850s
0
1860s
1

Variations of Pain

Every Pain in the register

The Pains in the register, 1 to 3 of 3
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Joseph PainBexar CountyVirginia1866
Josiah PainBastrop CountyNorth Carolina1837
Samuel PainMcLennan County

Pain genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Pain in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Bastrop County holds 1 of the 3, Bexar County 1. 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 look under Paine as well.

Where did the Pains in Texas come from?

They reported North Carolina (1) and Virginia (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 Pain?

Bastrop County (1), Bexar County (1), McLennan County (1). In all, 3 registered across 3 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 Pain appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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