Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Fanin, Hill County, Texas, 1867
John Fanin registered to vote in Hill County on July 19, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Hill County
John Fanin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Fanin (Or Farrer)
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Hillsboro
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 2 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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