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Price in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 77 freedmen

77 freedmen named Price registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in San Augustine County (14), Gonzales County (8) and Harrison County (5). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Virginia and North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1832.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Prices registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Price registered, on the 1870 county map
77
Freedmen
30
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1832
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Prices registered

Texas counties where the Prices registered
CountyFreedmen%
San Augustine County1418%
Gonzales County810%
Harrison County56%
Leon County45%
Anderson County34%
Cherokee County34%
Fayette County34%
Galveston County34%
Shelby County34%
Bastrop County23%
Brazoria County23%
Burleson County23%
Colorado County23%
Davis County23%
Fort Bend County23%
Freestone County23%
Hunt County23%
Parker County23%
Walker County23%
Brazos County11%
Caldwell County11%
Cameron County11%
Falls County11%
Grayson County11%
Hopkins County11%
Houston County11%
McLennan County11%
Newton County11%
San Saba County11%
Wood County11%

Where the Prices were born

Birthplaces the Prices reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama915%
Virginia915%
North Carolina813%
Texas813%
Georgia712%
Kentucky47%
Tennessee47%
Louisiana35%
South Carolina35%
Mississippi23%
Arkansas12%
Maryland12%
Missouri12%

When the Prices reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Prices
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
13
1850s
22
1860s
38

Every Price in the register

The Prices in the register, 1 to 50 of 77
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Alford PriceNewton CountyTexas1832
Amos PriceSan Augustine CountyTexas
Anderson PriceHunt CountyArkansas1863
Andy PriceAnderson CountyVirginia1855
Anthony PriceCherokee CountyGeorgia1866
Anthony PriceGonzales County1845
Armstrong PriceBrazos County1848
Benjamin PriceSan Augustine CountyNorth Carolina1866
Big Dick PriceSan Augustine CountyNorth Carolina1866
Britton PriceLeon CountyAlabama1861
Burwell PriceFayette CountyVirginia1862
Carey PriceHarrison CountyVirginia1846
Charles PriceGonzales County1854
Clinton PriceCherokee CountyGeorgia1866
Daniel PriceSan Augustine CountyAlabama1866
Edmond PriceGalveston County1865
Edward PriceShelby CountyTexas1846
Elexander PriceLeon CountyAlabama
Eli PriceLeon CountyAlabama1848
Ephram PriceShelby CountyGeorgia1856
Ferry PriceWalker CountyNorth Carolina
Fleming PriceFayette CountyKentucky1851
George PriceAnderson CountyAlabama1852
George PriceSan Augustine CountyTexas1866
Harrison PriceColorado CountyVirginia1863
Hawkins PriceBastrop CountyVirginia1848
Henry PriceBrazoria CountyLouisiana1863
Henry PriceCherokee CountyGeorgia1866
Henry PriceHarrison CountyLouisiana1847
Henry PriceSan Augustine CountyTexas1866
Herry PriceHunt CountyTennessee1863
Isaac PriceHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1846
Jack PriceSan Augustine CountyAlabama1866
Jacob PriceBrazoria CountyVirginia1860
Jacob PriceBurleson County1865
Jacob PriceDavis CountyTennessee1859
James PriceDavis CountyGeorgia1852
Jessie PriceGonzales County1855
Jim PriceFayette CountyKentucky1851
Jim PriceSan Augustine CountyTexas
Joe PriceWalker CountyMissouri1851
John PriceFalls County
John PriceGrayson CountyKentucky1860
John PriceHouston CountyGeorgia1855
John PriceSan Augustine CountyNorth Carolina1866
Joseph PriceGalveston CountyKentucky1866
Lewis PriceLeon CountyVirginia1855
Little Dick PriceSan Augustine CountyNorth Carolina1866
Newman PriceParker CountyMaryland1859
Oran PriceSan Augustine CountyGeorgia1866

Price genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Price in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. San Augustine County holds 14 of the 77, Gonzales County 8. 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 Prices in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (9), Virginia (9) and North Carolina (8) as their birthplaces most often, and 8 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Price?

San Augustine County (14), Gonzales County (8), Harrison County (5). In all, 77 registered across 30 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 Price appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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