Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Aiken, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Sam Aiken registered to vote in Hill County on July 17, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hill County
Sam Aiken
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Aiken
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- White Rock
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Hill County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 1 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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