Teas · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Teas in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 4 freedmen

4 freedmen named Teas registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in DeWitt County (4). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1837.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Teases registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Teas registered, on the 1870 county map
4
Freedmen
1
Counties
1837
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Teases registered

Texas counties where the Teases registered
CountyFreedmen%
DeWitt County4100%

When the Teases reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Teases
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
0
1850s
3

Every Teas in the register

The Teases in the register, 1 to 4 of 4
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Abram TeasDeWitt County1852
Andrew TeasDeWitt County1837
Edmund TeasDeWitt County1853
Henry TeasDeWitt County1859

Teas genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Teas in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. DeWitt County holds 4 of the 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.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Teas?

DeWitt County (4). In all, 4 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 Teas appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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