Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Christopher Clemens, Hill County, Texas, 1867

Christopher Clemens registered to vote in Hill County on July 31, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 1 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Hill County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hill County

Christopher Clemens

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Christopher Clemens
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Hill County
Precinct
Aquilla
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Hill County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Hill County
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hill County highlighted
Hill County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

Christopher Clemens reported 16 years more in Texas than in Hill County.

Clemenses elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Clemens 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 4 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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