Pink · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Pink in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Pink registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Austin County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were North Carolina and Texas. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1845.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Pinks registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Pink registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
1
Counties
North Carolina
Largest birthplace
1845
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Pinks registered

Texas counties where the Pinks registered
CountyFreedmen%
Austin County2100%

Where the Pinks were born

Birthplaces the Pinks reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
North Carolina150%
Texas150%

When the Pinks reached Texas

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

Every Pink in the register

The Pinks in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Hamnibal PinkAustin CountyTexas1845
John PinkAustin CountyNorth Carolina1860

Pink genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Pink in Texas?

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

They reported North Carolina (1) and Texas (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 Pink?

Austin 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 Pink appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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