Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Coffee, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Aaron Coffee registered to vote in Hill County on August 8, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 2 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Aaron Coffee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Coffee
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Richland
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Hill County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsAaron Coffee reported 8 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
Coffees 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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