Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Amos Barnes, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Amos Barnes registered to vote in Hill County on August 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 8 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Amos Barnes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Amos Barnes
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Towash
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Hill County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsAmos Barnes reported 10 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
Other freedmen named Barnes in Hill County
- Jonas Barnesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
Barneses 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 10 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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