Pleasant · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Pleasant in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 3 freedmen

3 freedmen named Pleasant registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Austin County (1), Bexar County (1) and Tarrant County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1841.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Pleasants registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Pleasant registered, on the 1870 county map
3
Freedmen
3
Counties
Mississippi
Largest birthplace
1841
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Pleasants registered

Texas counties where the Pleasants registered
CountyFreedmen%
Austin County133%
Bexar County133%
Tarrant County133%

Where the Pleasants were born

Birthplaces the Pleasants reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Mississippi133%
North Carolina133%
Tennessee133%

When the Pleasants reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Pleasants
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
1
1850s
1
1860s
1

Every Pleasant in the register

The Pleasants in the register, 1 to 3 of 3
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Anderson PleasantTarrant CountyMississippi1860
Morgan PleasantBexar CountyTennessee1858
Robinson PleasantAustin CountyNorth Carolina1841

Pleasant genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Pleasant in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Austin 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 try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Pleasants in Texas come from?

They reported Mississippi (1), North Carolina (1) and Tennessee (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 Pleasant?

Austin County (1), Bexar County (1), Tarrant 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 Pleasant appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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