Prince · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Prince in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 23 freedmen

23 freedmen named Prince registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in DeWitt County (3), Colorado County (2) and Gonzales County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Kentucky, Mississippi and North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1846.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Princes registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Prince registered, on the 1870 county map
23
Freedmen
18
Counties
Kentucky
Largest birthplace
1846
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Princes registered

Where the Princes were born

Birthplaces the Princes reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Kentucky218%
Mississippi218%
North Carolina218%
South Carolina218%
Tennessee218%
Virginia19%

When the Princes reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Princes
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
4
1850s
9
1860s
9

Every Prince in the register

The Princes in the register, 1 to 23 of 23
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Albert PrinceComal CountyNorth Carolina1856
Allen PrinceTarrant CountyTennessee1846
Archard PrinceCalhoun County1866
Bartlett PrinceParker CountyKentucky1847
David PrinceGonzales County1850
Edmund PrinceBrazos County1851
Elisha PrinceWharton County1866
Enoch PrinceColorado CountyKentucky1861
Fielding PrinceCaldwell CountyTennessee1866
Henry PrinceAnderson CountySouth Carolina1857
Henry PrinceDeWitt County1847
Henry PrinceDeWitt County1858
Isaac PrinceParker CountyMississippi1857
James PrinceFreestone CountySouth Carolina1865
Jasper PrinceFort Bend County1850
Jo PrinceHouston CountyNorth Carolina1863
John PrinceFalls County
Milton PrinceMcLennan County1867
Niel PrinceBosque County1861
Philip PrinceBastrop CountyMississippi1854
Sam PrinceGonzales County1850
Warden PrinceColorado CountyVirginia1861
William PrinceDeWitt County1847

Prince genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Prince in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. DeWitt County holds 3 of the 23, Colorado County 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 Princes in Texas come from?

They reported Kentucky (2), Mississippi (2) and North Carolina (2) 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 Prince?

DeWitt County (3), Colorado County (2), Gonzales County (2). In all, 23 registered across 18 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 Prince appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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