Webb · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Webb in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 48 freedmen

48 freedmen named Webb registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Harrison County (8), Caldwell County (6) and Walker County (5). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Virginia and Missouri. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1842.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Webbs registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Webb registered, on the 1870 county map
48
Freedmen
20
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1842
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Webbs registered

Texas counties where the Webbs registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County817%
Caldwell County613%
Walker County510%
Gonzales County48%
Fayette County36%
Van Zandt County36%
Brazos County24%
Burleson County24%
DeWitt County24%
Jackson County24%
McLennan County24%
Anderson County12%
Bosque County12%
Brazoria County12%
Colorado County12%
Dallas County12%
Falls County12%
Fort Bend County12%
San Augustine County12%
Wharton County12%

Where the Webbs were born

Birthplaces the Webbs reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama723%
Virginia620%
Missouri310%
North Carolina310%
Texas310%
Mississippi27%
South Carolina27%
Tennessee27%
Georgia13%
Kentucky13%

When the Webbs reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Webbs
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
8
1850s
19
1860s
20

Every Webb in the register

The Webbs in the register, 1 to 48 of 48
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Anderson WebbColorado CountyAlabama1861
Anderson WebbWharton County1866
Austin WebbGonzales County1847
Brum WebbFayette CountyVirginia1846
Burnnell WebbBrazoria CountyTexas1842
Burwell WebbFayette CountyVirginia1861
Charles G. H. WebbDallas CountyTennessee1854
Chesley WebbHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1858
Edmund WebbCaldwell CountyVirginia1866
Edward WebbJackson County1849
Elic WebbWalker CountyTexas1857
Gabriel WebbCaldwell CountyNorth Carolina1866
Green WebbHarrison CountySouth Carolina1860
Green WebbWalker CountyTennessee1858
Green WebbWalker CountyAlabama
Haywood WebbDeWitt County1864
Henry WebbBosque County1859
Henry WebbDeWitt County1848
Henry WebbVan Zandt CountyAlabama1860
Herod WebbFayette CountyVirginia1851
Isham WebbGonzales County1851
Jack WebbBrazos County1853
Jerry WebbMcLennan County1866
Jessee WebbWalker CountyAlabama1854
John WebbFalls County
John WebbHarrison CountyAlabama1850
John WebbHarrison CountyMississippi1852
Lewis WebbHarrison CountyTexas1846
Lewis WebbSan Augustine CountyNorth Carolina
Louis WebbCaldwell CountyMissouri1866
Mack WebbBurleson County
Manuel WebbAnderson CountySouth Carolina1849
Manuel WebbJackson County1859
Max WebbBrazos County1855
Peter WebbHarrison CountyMississippi1846
Peter WebbHarrison CountyMissouri1857
Richard WebbWalker CountyAlabama1856
Robert WebbCaldwell CountyMissouri1866
Sam Franklin WebbGonzales County1860
Samuel WebbCaldwell CountyKentucky1866
Stephen WebbVan Zandt CountyVirginia1866
Stephen WebbVan Zandt CountyAlabama1857
Troop WebbFort Bend County1857
Washington WebbCaldwell CountyVirginia1866
Willis WebbMcLennan County1866
Wyatt Walters WebbGonzales County1851
York WebbBurleson County1865
Zachariah WebbHarrison CountyGeorgia1853

Webb genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Webb in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 8 of the 48, Caldwell County 6. 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 Webbs in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (7), Virginia (6) and Missouri (3) as their birthplaces most often, and 3 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Webb?

Harrison County (8), Caldwell County (6), Walker County (5). In all, 48 registered across 20 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 Webb appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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