Winston · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Winston in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 11 freedmen

11 freedmen named Winston registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Anderson County (1), Bexar County (1) and Brazoria County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Missouri and South Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1849.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Winstons registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Winston registered, on the 1870 county map
11
Freedmen
11
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1849
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Winstons registered

Where the Winstons were born

Birthplaces the Winstons reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama450%
Missouri113%
South Carolina113%
Tennessee113%
Virginia113%

When the Winstons reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Winstons
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
1
1850s
4
1860s
5

Every Winston in the register

The Winstons in the register, 1 to 11 of 11
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Antonio WinstonBrazoria CountySouth Carolina1853
Antonio WinstonMatagorda CountyTennessee1852
Beverly WinstonFalls County
Horace WinstonAnderson CountyAlabama1863
Isaac WinstonGrayson CountyVirginia1862
J. W. WinstonGuadalupe CountyAlabama1866
John WinstonBexar CountyAlabama
Moses WinstonHill CountyMissouri1859
Peyton WinstonHarrison CountyAlabama1849
T. WinstonBurleson County1862
William WinstonGalveston County1851

Winston genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Winston in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Anderson County holds 1 of the 11, Bexar 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 Winstons in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (4), Missouri (1) and South Carolina (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 Winston?

Anderson County (1), Bexar County (1), Brazoria County (1). In all, 11 registered across 11 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 Winston appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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