Starks · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Starks in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 16 freedmen

16 freedmen named Starks registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Austin County (4), Brazoria County (4) and Brazos County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Texas and Virginia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1837.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Starkses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Starks registered, on the 1870 county map
16
Freedmen
8
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1837
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Starkses registered

Texas counties where the Starkses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Austin County425%
Brazoria County425%
Brazos County213%
Hill County213%
Burleson County16%
Freestone County16%
Harrison County16%
McLennan County16%

Where the Starkses were born

Birthplaces the Starkses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama433%
Texas217%
Virginia217%
Georgia18%
Kentucky18%
Louisiana18%
South Carolina18%

When the Starkses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Starkses
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
5
1850s
8
1860s
2

Every Starks in the register

The Starkses in the register, 1 to 16 of 16
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Alfred StarksBrazoria CountySouth Carolina1846
Bristol StarksAustin CountyAlabama1859
G. StarksBurleson County1863
George StarksFreestone CountyVirginia1850
Henry StarksBrazos County1853
Henry StarksMcLennan County1867
Isam StarksBrazoria CountyTexas1847
Jackariah StarksAustin CountyGeorgia1840
Jacob StarksBrazoria CountyTexas1846
James StarksHill CountyVirginia1855
John StarksAustin CountyAlabama1849
John StarksBrazos County1852
Jupiter StarksBrazoria CountyLouisiana1837
Morgan StarksHarrison CountyAlabama1859
Richard StarksAustin CountyAlabama1851
Volt StarksHill CountyKentucky1859

Starks genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Starks in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Austin County holds 4 of the 16, Brazoria County 4. 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 Starkses in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (4), Texas (2) and Virginia (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 Starks?

Austin County (4), Brazoria County (4), Brazos County (2). In all, 16 registered across 8 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 Starks appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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