Weeks · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Weeks in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 8 freedmen

8 freedmen named Weeks registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Gonzales County (5), Falls County (2) and Galveston County (1). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1833.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Weekses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Weeks registered, on the 1870 county map
8
Freedmen
3
Counties
1833
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Weekses registered

Texas counties where the Weekses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Gonzales County563%
Falls County225%
Galveston County113%

When the Weekses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Weekses
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
3
1850s
1
1860s
1

Every Weeks in the register

The Weekses in the register, 1 to 8 of 8
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
George WeeksGonzales County1853
Haley Ann WeeksFalls County
Henry WeeksGalveston County1847
Henry WeeksGonzales County1846
Perry WeeksGonzales County1862
Richard WeeksGonzales County1843
Robert WeeksFalls County
Sam WeeksGonzales County1833

Weeks genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Weeks in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Gonzales County holds 5 of the 8, Falls County 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.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Weeks?

Gonzales County (5), Falls County (2), Galveston County (1). In all, 8 registered across 3 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 Weeks appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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