Stone · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Stone in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 19 freedmen

19 freedmen named Stone registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Cooke County (6), Bexar County (2) and Caldwell County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia, Arkansas and Mississippi. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1849.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Stones registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Stone registered, on the 1870 county map
19
Freedmen
10
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1849
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Stones registered

Texas counties where the Stones registered
CountyFreedmen%
Cooke County632%
Bexar County211%
Caldwell County211%
Davis County211%
Gonzales County211%
Austin County15%
Bastrop County15%
Comanche County15%
Grayson County15%
Harrison County15%

Where the Stones were born

Birthplaces the Stones reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia424%
Arkansas318%
Mississippi318%
Alabama212%
Missouri212%
South Carolina212%
Maryland16%

When the Stones reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Stones
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
1
1850s
11
1860s
7

Every Stone in the register

The Stones in the register, 1 to 19 of 19
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Adam StoneDavis CountyVirginia1849
Albert StoneBastrop CountyArkansas1859
Byron StoneBexar CountyMississippi1865
Daniel StoneCaldwell CountyAlabama1866
David StoneCooke CountyMississippi1859
Edmond StoneCooke CountyVirginia1852
Elexander StoneCooke CountyMissouri1861
Frank StoneGonzales County1855
Isaac StoneCooke CountyVirginia1859
Jesse StoneBexar CountyMaryland1851
John StoneCaldwell CountyArkansas1866
Joseph StoneCooke CountyVirginia1859
Lea StoneCooke CountyMissouri1859
Price StoneGrayson CountyAlabama1860
Reece StoneComanche CountyArkansas1862
Robert StoneHarrison CountyMississippi1856
Rufus StoneGonzales County1854
Sam StoneDavis CountySouth Carolina1865
Toby StoneAustin CountySouth Carolina1857

Stone genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Stone in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Cooke County holds 6 of the 19, Bexar 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 Stones in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (4), Arkansas (3) and Mississippi (3) 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 Stone?

Cooke County (6), Bexar County (2), Caldwell County (2). In all, 19 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 Stone appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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