Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
F. Gibson, Hill County, Texas, 1867
F. Gibson registered to vote in Hill County on September 25, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 17 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
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
F. Gibson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- F. Gibson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- White Rock
- Registered
- September 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Hill County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsF. Gibson reported 12 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
Other freedmen named Gibson in Hill County
- Smith Gibsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
Gibsons 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 15 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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