Sample · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Sample in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Sample registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Fort Bend County (1) and Gonzales County (1). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1853.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Samples registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Sample registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
2
Counties
1853
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Samples registered

Texas counties where the Samples registered
CountyFreedmen%
Fort Bend County150%
Gonzales County150%

When the Samples reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Samples
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
2

Every Sample in the register

The Samples in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Amon SampleGonzales County1853
Moses SampleFort Bend County1856

Sample genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Sample in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Fort Bend County holds 1 of the 2, Gonzales 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 Sample?

Fort Bend County (1), Gonzales County (1). In all, 2 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 Sample appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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