Tears · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Tears in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Tears registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Anderson County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Georgia and Virginia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1852.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Tearses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Tears registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
1
Counties
Georgia
Largest birthplace
1852
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Tearses registered

Texas counties where the Tearses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Anderson County2100%

Where the Tearses were born

Birthplaces the Tearses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Georgia150%
Virginia150%

When the Tearses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Tearses
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
1
1860s
1

Every Tears in the register

The Tearses in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Green TearsAnderson CountyGeorgia1852
Green TearsAnderson CountyVirginia1861

Tears genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Tears in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Anderson County holds 2 of the 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 Tearses in Texas come from?

They reported Georgia (1) and Virginia (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 Tears?

Anderson County (2). In all, 2 registered across 1 Texas county 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 Tears appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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