Tabor · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Tabor in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 5 freedmen

5 freedmen named Tabor registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Caldwell County (4) and Hays County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Kentucky and Mississippi. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1866.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Tabors registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Tabor registered, on the 1870 county map
5
Freedmen
2
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1866
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Tabors registered

Texas counties where the Tabors registered
CountyFreedmen%
Caldwell County480%
Hays County120%

Where the Tabors were born

Birthplaces the Tabors reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama120%
Kentucky120%
Mississippi120%
Missouri120%
Virginia120%

When the Tabors reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Tabors
DecadeFreedmen
1860s
5

Every Tabor in the register

The Tabors in the register, 1 to 5 of 5
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Daniel TaborCaldwell CountyKentucky1866
Henry TaborCaldwell CountyAlabama1866
Samuel TaborCaldwell CountyMississippi1866
Samuel TaborCaldwell CountyVirginia1866
William TaborHays CountyMissouri1866

Tabor genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Tabor in Texas?

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

Where did the Tabors in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (1), Kentucky (1) and Mississippi (1) 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 Tabor?

Caldwell County (4), Hays 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 Tabor appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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