Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Barfield, Hill County, Texas, 1867
John Barfield registered to vote in Hill County on August 7, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Hill County
John Barfield
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Barfield
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Hillsboro
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Hill County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Barfields 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 7 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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