Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Dawsey, Hill County, Texas, 1867
William Dawsey registered to vote in Hill County on August 30, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 5 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Dawsey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Dawsey
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Hillsboro
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Hill County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearWilliam Dawsey reported 1 year more in Texas than in Hill County.
Dawseys 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 13 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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