Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Atchison, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Louis Atchison registered to vote in Hill County on August 22, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 10 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Louis Atchison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Atchison
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Hillsboro
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Hill County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsLouis Atchison reported 10 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
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 10 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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