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Wright in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 80 freedmen

80 freedmen named Wright registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Colorado County (12), Caldwell County (9) and Brazoria County (6). The birthplaces they reported most often were Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1831.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Wrights registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Wright registered, on the 1870 county map
80
Freedmen
30
Counties
Tennessee
Largest birthplace
1831
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Wrights registered

Texas counties where the Wrights registered
CountyFreedmen%
Colorado County1215%
Caldwell County911%
Brazoria County68%
Brazos County68%
Harrison County68%
Johnson County56%
Gonzales County45%
Guadalupe County34%
Hopkins County34%
Davis County23%
Freestone County23%
Galveston County23%
McLennan County23%
Walker County23%
Anderson County11%
Bastrop County11%
Bowie County11%
Burleson County11%
Cooke County11%
DeWitt County11%
Fayette County11%
Fort Bend County11%
Jackson County11%
Leon County11%
Newton County11%
Sabine County11%
Tarrant County11%
Van Zandt County11%
Wharton County11%
Wood County11%

Where the Wrights were born

Birthplaces the Wrights reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Tennessee1321%
Alabama1118%
Georgia813%
North Carolina711%
Mississippi610%
Virginia610%
Missouri47%
Texas35%
South Carolina23%
Louisiana12%

When the Wrights reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Wrights
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
3
1840s
11
1850s
36
1860s
30

Every Wright in the register

The Wrights in the register, 1 to 50 of 80
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Alex WrightColorado CountyVirginia1836
Armsted WrightCaldwell CountyVirginia1866
Berry WrightWood CountyMississippi1863
Campbell WrightJackson County1831
Charles WrightHarrison CountyAlabama1856
Charley WrightGonzales County1860
Clayborne WrightHarrison CountyMissouri1846
David WrightHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1846
Doc WrightDeWitt County1859
Eaglston WrightGalveston County1866
Edmund WrightColorado CountyTennessee1836
Edward WrightColorado CountyTennessee1855
Edward WrightFayette CountySouth Carolina1854
Evan WrightHopkins CountyNorth Carolina1851
Ezekiel WrightLeon CountyAlabama1850
Fed WrightDavis CountyGeorgia1866
Green WrightWharton County1866
Griffin WrightJohnson CountyAlabama1855
Handy WrightHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1849
Haywood WrightColorado CountyNorth Carolina1855
Henry WrightBrazoria CountyLouisiana1859
Henry WrightCaldwell CountyAlabama1866
Henry WrightFreestone CountyTennessee1867
Isaac WrightColorado CountyTexas1848
J WrightJohnson CountyTennessee1858
J. WrightBurleson County1856
Jack WrightAnderson CountyGeorgia1850
James WrightBrazos County1851
James WrightCaldwell CountyMississippi1866
James WrightColorado CountyVirginia1856
James WrightGuadalupe CountyAlabama1866
James WrightTarrant CountyMissouri1857
James E. WrightWalker CountyAlabama
Jeff WrightJohnson CountyTennessee1857
Jill WrightDavis CountySouth Carolina1854
John WrightBrazos County1844
John WrightCaldwell CountyMississippi1866
John WrightGalveston County1865
John WrightGuadalupe CountyTennessee1866
Jonah WrightBrazoria CountyMississippi1859
Joseph WrightCaldwell CountyAlabama1866
Joseph WrightHarrison CountyAlabama1858
Joseph WrightMcLennan County1866
Lewis WrightGonzales County1851
Lewis WrightHarrison CountyVirginia1846
Mat WrightGonzales County1859
Mitchell WrightHopkins CountyMissouri1854
Moses WrightColorado CountyTexas1842
Moses WrightJohnson CountyTennessee1857
Nelson WrightBrazoria CountyTennessee1851

Wright genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Wright in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Colorado County holds 12 of the 80, Caldwell County 9. 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 Wrights in Texas come from?

They reported Tennessee (13), Alabama (11) and Georgia (8) 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 Wright?

Colorado County (12), Caldwell County (9), Brazoria County (6). In all, 80 registered across 30 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 Wright appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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