Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Hill, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Willis Hill registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 7, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Willis Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Hill
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hill in Brazoria County
- Anthony Hillborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- George Hillborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Henry Hillborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Nelson Hillborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
Hills 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 32 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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