Each One Teach One: The Education of the Texas  Freedmen 

Census Data Over Time2 -  ILLITERATE FREE COLORED/NEGRO MALES 21 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER

 

 

 

Texas: ILLITERATE FREE COLORED/NEGRO MALES 21 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER
County 1850
 		1860
 		1870
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 		1910
 		1920
ANDERSON 0 0 870 0 0 156 827 690
ANDREWS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ANGELINA 3 0 152 0 0 196 216 168
ARANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 5
ARCHER 0 0 N/A 0 0 21 1 2
ARMSTRONG 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
ATASCOSA 0 0 16 0 0 262 21 20
AUSTIN 1 0 1,344 0 0 44 412 284
BAILEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BANDERA 0 0 2 0 0 74 1 1
BASTROP 0 0 910 0 0 211 667 479
BAYLOR 0 0 N/A 0 0 18 0 3
BEE 0 0 11 0 0 168 25 23
BELL 0 0 183 0 0 398 346 206
BEXAR 5 0 481 0 0 678 437 371
BEXAR DISTRICT 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
BLANCO 0 0 0 0 0 33 31 4
BORDEN 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
BOSQUE 0 0 94 0 0 128 43 37
BOWIE 0 0 448 0 0 308 985 828
BRAZORIA 0 0 1,305 0 0 20 711 619
BRAZOS 0 0 785 0 0 78 851 639
BREWSTER 0 0 0 0 0 35 3 4
BRISCOE 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
BROOKS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
BROWN 0 0 7 0 0 135 25 15
BUCHEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BURLESON 0 0 570 0 0 104 762 363
County 1850
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BURNET 0 0 65 0 0 122 28 18
CALDWELL 1 0 481 0 0 214 344 262
CALHOUN 2 0 202 0 0 10 22 23
CALLAHAN 0 0 N/A 0 0 88 0 2
CAMERON 0 0 35 0 0 649 6 83
CAMERON-STARR-WEB 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAMP 0 0 0 0 0 53 356 332
CARSON 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
CASS/DAVIS 0 0 569 0 0 209 800 689
CASTRO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
CHAMBERS 0 0 74 0 0 18 76 72
CHEROKEE 0 0 608 0 0 227 552 705
CHILDRESS 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 3
CLAY 0 0 N/A 0 0 59 9 2
COCHRAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
COKE 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0
COLEMAN 0 0 0 0 0 54 18 24
COLLIN 0 0 279 0 0 666 179 235
COLLINGSWORTH 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 3
COLORADO 0 0 745 0 0 124 638 563
COMAL 0 0 70 0 0 26 11 12
COMANCHE 0 0 5 0 0 288 1 1
CONCHO 0 0 N/A 0 0 3 2 12
COOKE 0 0 69 0 0 241 105 60
CORYELL 0 0 46 0 0 206 13 22
COTTLE 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 35
CRANE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CROCKETT 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 2
CROSBY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
CULBERSON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
County 1850
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DALLAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
DALLAS 0 0 410 0 0 630 1,387 1,514
DAWSON 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 4
DE WITT 2 0 335 0 0 186 292 266
DEAF SMITH 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0
DELTA 0 0 0 0 0 243 47 101
DENTON 0 0 86 0 0 260 192 112
DICKENS 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 18
DIMMIT 0 0 1 0 0 18 1 7
DONLEY 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 2
DUVAL 0 0 0 0 0 217 1 0
EASTLAND 0 0 0 0 0 235 2 48
ECTOR 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
EDWARDS 0 0 N/A 0 0 45 0 0
EL PASO 0 0 8 0 0 512 48 19
ELLIS 0 0 266 0 0 611 591 891
ENCINAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ERATH 0 0 21 0 0 395 52 36
FALLS 0 0 923 0 0 219 866 668
FANNIN 0 0 470 0 0 747 446 363
FAYETTE 0 0 1,160 0 0 117 469 386
FISHER 0 0 0 0 0 31 1 11
FLOYD 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
FOARD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FOLEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FORT BEND 0 0 1,286 0 0 34 1,816 1,238
FRANKLIN 0 0 0 0 0 186 83 50
FREESTONE 0 0 459 0 0 98 538 418
FRIO 0 0 1 0 0 71 6 4
GAINES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
County 1850
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GALVESTON 0 0 663 0 0 90 365 450
GARZA 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0
GILLESPIE 0 0 8 0 0 33 7 4
GLASSCOCK 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
GOLIAD 4 0 164 0 0 142 80 63
GONZALES 0 0 690 0 0 363 614 415
GRAY 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
GRAYSON 0 0 394 0 0 654 581 469
GREGG 0 0 0 0 0 40 572 518
GRIMES 0 0 1,534 0 0 122 897 820
GUADALUPE 0 0 459 0 0 151 394 263
HALE 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
HALL 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
HAMILTON 0 0 3 0 0 109 2 1
HANSFORD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HARDEMAN 0 0 N/A 0 0 3 1 7
HARDIN 0 0 37 0 0 49 193 250
HARRIS 0 0 1,248 0 0 148 1,719 1,859
HARRISON 0 0 1,717 0 0 76 1,791 2,028
HARTLEY 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0
HASKELL 0 0 N/A 0 0 18 10 31
HAYS 0 0 236 0 0 105 91 61
HEMPHILL 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
HENDERSON 0 0 333 0 0 299 316 294
HIDALGO 0 0 0 0 0 222 6 7
HILL 0 0 122 0 0 444 351 359
HOCKLEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOOD 0 0 9 0 0 128 26 21
HOPKINS 0 0 298 0 0 295 278 202
HOUSTON 4 0 666 0 0 230 678 661
County 1850
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HOWARD 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
HUDSPETH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
HUNT 0 0 201 0 0 510 325 337
HUTCHINSON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IRION 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2
JACK 0 0 15 0 0 165 6 0
JACKSON 0 0 200 0 0 35 151 139
JASPER 0 0 322 0 0 60 393 356
JEFF DAVIS 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 1
JEFFERSON 0 0 95 0 0 54 594 1,660
JIM HOGG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
JIM WELLS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
JOHNSON 0 0 30 0 0 363 83 93
JONES 0 0 N/A 0 0 53 19 41
KARNES 0 0 34 0 0 191 53 59
KAUFMAN 0 0 176 0 0 404 672 769
KENDALL 0 0 19 0 0 41 9 7
KENEDY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KENT 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3
KERR 0 0 14 0 0 33 16 7
KIMBLE 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
KING 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
KINNEY 0 0 32 0 0 42 3 13
KLEBERG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
KNOX 0 0 N/A 0 0 6 3 19
LA SALLE 0 0 0 0 0 71 6 1
LAMAR 0 0 752 0 0 619 824 865
LAMB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAMPASAS 0 0 17 0 0 66 52 19
LAVACA 0 0 472 0 0 162 294 219
County 1850
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LEE 0 0 0 0 0 106 238 194
LEON 0 0 495 0 0 161 607 479
LIBERTY 1 0 403 0 0 146 436 370
LIMESTONE 0 0 274 0 0 390 524 404
LIPSCOMB 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
LIVE OAK 0 0 3 0 0 52 1 2
LLANO 0 0 4 0 0 58 7 4
LOVING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LUBBOCK 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14
LYNN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MADISON 0 0 316 0 0 161 223 174
MARION 0 0 896 0 0 23 430 423
MARTIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MASON 0 0 6 0 0 74 1 2
MATAGORDA 0 0 480 0 0 10 316 176
MAVERICK 0 0 10 0 0 70 5 10
MCCULLOCH 0 0 0 0 0 50 19 14
MCLENNAN 0 0 855 0 0 246 1,015 895
MCMULLEN 0 0 1 0 0 27 9 1
MEDINA 0 0 13 0 0 64 28 10
MENARD 0 0 9 0 0 9 2 4
MENORA 0 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 0
MIDLAND 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 2
MILAM 0 0 531 0 0 447 666 663
MILLS 0 0 0 0 0 79 1 0
MITCHELL 0 0 0 0 0 11 13 9
MONTAGUE 0 0 4 0 0 316 3 0
MONTGOMERY 0 0 560 0 0 117 614 476
MOORE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MORRIS 0 0 0 0 0 36 221 249
County 1850
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 		1870
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 		1890
 		1900
 		1910
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MOTLEY 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
NACOGDOCHES 3 0 656 0 0 427 507 558
NAVARRO 0 0 363 0 0 292 754 805
NAVARRO-ELLIS-TAR N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEWTON 2 0 152 0 0 107 201 274
NOLAN 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 17
NUECES 0 0 73 0 0 306 29 26
OCHILTREE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OLDHAM 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
ORANGE 0 0 45 0 0 40 173 333
PALO PINTO 0 0 N/A 0 0 79 19 38
PANOLA 0 0 753 0 0 136 630 632
PARKER 0 0 38 0 0 297 28 21
PARMER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PECOS 0 0 0 0 0 79 0 1
POLK 0 0 846 0 0 152 558 456
POTTER 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 7
PRESIDIO 0 0 17 0 0 36 2 0
RAINS 0 0 0 0 0 146 58 29
RANDALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
REAGAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
REAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RED RIVER 0 0 789 0 0 464 696 582
REEVES 0 0 0 0 0 24 12 5
REFUGIO 0 0 41 0 0 15 50 33
ROBERTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ROBERTSON 0 0 842 0 0 175 1,341 884
ROCKWALL 0 0 0 0 0 117 96 148
RUNNELS 0 0 N/A 0 0 26 6 34
RUSK 0 0 1,421 0 0 205 848 821
County 1850
 		1860
 		1870
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SABINE 0 0 209 0 0 80 92 228
SAN AUGUSTINE 0 0 401 0 0 139 307 384
SAN JACINTO 0 0 0 0 0 107 205 292
SAN PATRICIO 0 0 13 0 0 71 8 15
SAN SABA 0 0 25 0 0 79 4 10
SCHLEICHER 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0
SCURRY 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 6
SHACKELFORD 0 0 9 0 0 28 6 0
SHELBY 0 0 338 0 0 304 419 498
SHERMAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SMITH 0 0 1,409 0 0 160 1,246 1,047
SOMERVELL 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0
STARR N/A 0 5 0 0 382 0 0
STEPHENS/BUCHANAN 0 0 3 0 0 70 0 2
STERLING 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
STONEWALL 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 3
SUTTON 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0
SWISHER 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
TARRANT 0 0 110 0 0 311 685 604
TAYLOR 0 0 N/A 0 0 84 33 10
TERRELL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
THROCKMORTON 0 0 N/A 0 0 25 1 0
TITUS 0 0 525 0 0 167 297 258
TOM GREEN 0 0 0 0 0 51 55 20
TRAVIS 0 0 688 0 0 316 986 615
TRINITY 0 0 226 0 0 194 182 262
TYLER 0 0 258 0 0 147 170 161
UPSHUR 0 0 743 0 0 173 435 417
UPTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
County 1850
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 		1890
 		1900
 		1910
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UVALDE 0 0 12 0 0 63 11 6
VAL VERDE 0 0 0 0 0 62 7 7
VAN ZANDT 0 0 126 0 0 486 103 129
VICTORIA 0 0 372 0 0 163 320 161
WALKER 0 0 1,130 0 0 105 652 1,066
WALLER 0 0 0 0 0 40 577 289
WARD 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 1
WASHINGTON 0 0 2,119 0 0 64 865 636
WEBB N/A 0 0 0 0 618 2 2
WHARTON 0 0 679 0 0 90 775 576
WHEELER 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
WICHITA 0 0 N/A 0 0 23 35 64
WILBARGER 0 0 N/A 0 0 14 7 28
WILLACY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
WILLIAMSON 2 0 132 0 0 200 554 404
WILSON 0 0 84 0 0 377 61 36
WINKLER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WISE 0 0 5 0 0 392 3 1
WOOD 0 0 245 0 0 243 317 224
YOAKUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
YOUNG 0 0 1 0 0 83 0 0
ZAPATA 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 0
ZAVALA 0 0 1 0 0 19 0 0