Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Prince Dechard, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Prince Dechard registered to vote in Hill County on August 7, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Hill County
Prince Dechard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Prince Dechard
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Hillsboro
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Dechards 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 6 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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