Wyatt · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Wyatt in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 15 freedmen

15 freedmen named Wyatt registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Tarrant County (3), Colorado County (2) and Harrison County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia, Alabama and Missouri. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1849.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Wyatts registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Wyatt registered, on the 1870 county map
15
Freedmen
11
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1849
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Wyatts registered

Where the Wyatts were born

Birthplaces the Wyatts reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia436%
Alabama218%
Missouri218%
Kentucky19%
North Carolina19%
Tennessee19%

When the Wyatts reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Wyatts
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
1
1850s
6
1860s
8

Every Wyatt in the register

The Wyatts in the register, 1 to 15 of 15
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Augustus WyattGonzales County1865
Ben WyattTarrant CountyMissouri1858
David WyattTarrant CountyTennessee1863
George W. WyattLamar CountyVirginia1856
Halley WyattColorado CountyVirginia1850
jack WyattWharton County1866
Jacob WyattColorado CountyAlabama1852
Joseph WyattHarrison CountyKentucky1853
Lewis WyattDeWitt County1855
Moses WyattDallas CountyVirginia1864
Nat WyattHarrison CountyAlabama1849
Richard WyattCalhoun County1866
Sam WyattBastrop CountyNorth Carolina1861
Thomas WyattTarrant CountyMissouri1860
William WyattFayette CountyVirginia1862

Wyatt genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Wyatt in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Tarrant County holds 3 of the 15, Colorado 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.

Where did the Wyatts in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (4), Alabama (2) and Missouri (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 Wyatt?

Tarrant County (3), Colorado County (2), Harrison County (2). In all, 15 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 Wyatt appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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