Reynolds · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Reynolds in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 12 freedmen

12 freedmen named Reynolds registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Grayson County (2), Hopkins County (2) and Austin County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia, Kentucky and Mississippi. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1848.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Reynoldses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Reynolds registered, on the 1870 county map
12
Freedmen
10
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1848
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Reynoldses registered

Where the Reynoldses were born

Birthplaces the Reynoldses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia330%
Kentucky220%
Mississippi220%
North Carolina220%
Alabama110%

When the Reynoldses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Reynoldses
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
1
1850s
7
1860s
4

Every Reynolds in the register

The Reynoldses in the register, 1 to 12 of 12
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Benjamin ReynoldsMcLennan County1866
Esquire ReynoldsHopkins CountyVirginia1858
Jackson ReynoldsFreestone CountyNorth Carolina1867
James ReynoldsVan Zandt CountyVirginia1866
Moses ReynoldsHarrison CountyVirginia1848
Moses ReynoldsWharton County1866
Nat ReynoldsHopkins CountyMississippi1853
Randall ReynoldsGrayson CountyKentucky1857
W ReynoldsGrayson CountyKentucky1852
W.H. ReynoldsTarrant CountyMississippi1859
William ReynoldsWalker CountyNorth Carolina1857
Winn ReynoldsAustin CountyAlabama1854

Reynolds genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Reynolds in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Grayson County holds 2 of the 12, Hopkins 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 Reynoldses in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (3), Kentucky (2) and Mississippi (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 Reynolds?

Grayson County (2), Hopkins County (2), Austin County (1). In all, 12 registered across 10 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 Reynolds appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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