Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Hill, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Hill registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Nelson Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Hill
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 8 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
- 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 15 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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