Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Hill, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Anthony Hill registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Anthony Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Hill
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hill in Brazoria County
- 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
- Willis Hillborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
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 9 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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