Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Blackburn, Hill County, Texas, 1869
Sam Blackburn registered to vote in Hill County on November 24, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hill County
Sam Blackburn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Blackburn
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Hill County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Blackburns 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 20 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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