Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isam Akins, Hill County, Texas, 1869
Isam Akins registered to vote in Hill County on November 17, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Hill County
Isam Akins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isam Akins
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Hill County
- 13 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 17 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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