Trigg · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Trigg in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 17 freedmen

17 freedmen named Trigg registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Bastrop County (16) and Wilson County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1850.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Triggs registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Trigg registered, on the 1870 county map
17
Freedmen
2
Counties
Tennessee
Largest birthplace
1850
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Triggs registered

Texas counties where the Triggs registered
CountyFreedmen%
Bastrop County1694%
Wilson County16%

Where the Triggs were born

Birthplaces the Triggs reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Tennessee1165%
Alabama212%
Mississippi212%
Georgia16%
Kentucky16%

When the Triggs reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Triggs
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
16
1860s
1

Every Trigg in the register

The Triggs in the register, 1 to 17 of 17
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Albert TriggBastrop CountyTennessee1854
Albert TriggBastrop CountyTennessee1854
Buck TriggBastrop CountyTennessee1854
Campbell TriggBastrop CountyGeorgia1850
David TriggBastrop CountyTennessee1852
Dock TriggBastrop CountyTennessee1856
Frank TriggBastrop CountyTennessee1854
Frazier TriggBastrop CountyTennessee1854
George TriggBastrop CountyMississippi1861
George A. TriggBastrop CountyTennessee1856
Henry TriggBastrop CountyTennessee1854
Isom TriggWilson CountyMississippi1857
John TriggBastrop CountyAlabama1850
Joseph TriggBastrop CountyTennessee1855
Louis TriggBastrop CountyKentucky1850
Talbert TriggBastrop CountyTennessee1854
Wilson TriggBastrop CountyAlabama1850

Trigg genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Trigg in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Bastrop County holds 16 of the 17, Wilson 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 Triggs in Texas come from?

They reported Tennessee (11), Alabama (2) and Mississippi (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 Trigg?

Bastrop County (16), Wilson County (1). In all, 17 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 Trigg appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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