Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Hix, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
Ben Hix registered to vote in Johnson County on July 26, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Johnson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Johnson County
Ben Hix
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Hix
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Cleburne
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Johnson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Hixes elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 3 of the Johnson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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