Right · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Right in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 5 freedmen

5 freedmen named Right registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Falls County (4) and Galveston County (1). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1865.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Rights registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Right registered, on the 1870 county map
5
Freedmen
2
Counties
1865
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Rights registered

Texas counties where the Rights registered
CountyFreedmen%
Falls County480%
Galveston County120%

When the Rights reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Rights
DecadeFreedmen
1860s
1

Every Right in the register

The Rights in the register, 1 to 5 of 5
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
James RightGalveston County1865
John RightFalls County
Perry RightFalls County
Samuel RightFalls County
Samuel RightFalls County

Right genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Right in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Falls County holds 4 of the 5, Galveston 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.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Right?

Falls County (4), Galveston County (1). In all, 5 registered across 2 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 Right appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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