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Price in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 87 freedmen

87 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 Georgia. 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
87
Freedmen
34
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1832
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Prices registered

Texas counties where the Prices registered
CountyFreedmen%
San Augustine County1416%
Gonzales County89%
Harrison County56%
Leon County45%
Victoria County45%
Anderson County33%
Cherokee County33%
Fayette County33%
Galveston County33%
Lamar County33%
Shelby County33%
Bastrop County22%
Brazoria County22%
Burleson County22%
Colorado County22%
Davis County22%
Fort Bend County22%
Freestone County22%
Hunt County22%
Jasper County22%
Parker County22%
Walker County22%
Brazos County11%
Caldwell County11%
Cameron County11%
Falls County11%
Grayson County11%
Hopkins County11%
Houston County11%
McLennan County11%
Newton County11%
San Saba County11%
Williamson County11%
Wood County11%

Where the Prices were born

Birthplaces the Prices reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama1218%
Virginia1117%
Georgia812%
North Carolina812%
Texas812%
Kentucky46%
Tennessee46%
Louisiana35%
South Carolina35%
Mississippi23%
Arkansas12%
Maryland12%
Missouri12%

When the Prices reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Prices
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
14
1850s
24
1860s
43

Every Price in the register

The Prices in the register, 51 to 87 of 87
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Joseph PriceGalveston CountyKentucky1866
Josiah PriceLamar CountyVirginia1847
Lawrence PriceVictoria County1866
Lewis PriceLeon CountyVirginia1855
Little Dick PriceSan Augustine CountyNorth Carolina1866
Newman PriceParker CountyMaryland1859
Oran PriceSan Augustine CountyGeorgia1866
Phill PriceSan Augustine CountyNorth Carolina1866
Prince PriceJasper CountyGeorgia
Rice PriceWood CountySouth Carolina1855
Robert PriceHopkins CountyVirginia1863
Robert PriceSan Augustine CountyNorth Carolina1866
Sam PriceAnderson CountyMississippi1855
Sam PriceGonzales County1854
Sam PriceGonzales County1854
Samuel PriceGalveston County1850
Stephan PriceBastrop CountyTexas1848
Stephen PriceSan Saba County
Thomas PriceFreestone CountyVirginia1867
Thomas PriceHarrison CountyLouisiana1846
Tom PriceGonzales County1854
Tony PriceCaldwell CountySouth Carolina1866
Wash PriceJasper CountyAlabama
Wesley PriceGonzales County1855
Wiley PriceSan Augustine CountyTexas
William PriceColorado CountySouth Carolina1863
William PriceFort Bend County1841
William PriceFreestone CountyMississippi1867
William PriceGonzales County1853
William PriceHarrison CountyAlabama1847
William PriceMcLennan County1866
William PriceParker CountyAlabama1861
William PriceShelby CountyTennessee1845
William PriceVictoria County1866
William A. PriceCameron CountyAlabama1866
Willis PriceFort Bend CountyTennessee1864
Yea. PriceBurleson County1858

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 87, 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 (12), Virginia (11) and Georgia (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, 87 registered across 34 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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