Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Cole, Hill County, Texas, 1869
John Cole registered to vote in Hill County on November 18, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 8 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hill County
John Cole
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Cole
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Hill County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Coles 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 17 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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