Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ephram Basyo, Hill County, Texas, 1867

Ephram Basyo registered to vote in Hill County on August 5, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 15 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Hill County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hill County

Ephram Basyo

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ephram Basyo
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Hill County
Precinct
Towash
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Hill County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Years in Texas before Hill County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hill County highlighted
Hill County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Ephram Basyo reported 1 year 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 5 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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