Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Smith Gibson, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Smith Gibson registered to vote in Hill County on July 30, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 3 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Smith Gibson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Smith Gibson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Aquilla
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Hill County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsSmith Gibson reported 7 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
Other freedmen named Gibson in Hill County
- F Gibsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1850
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 4 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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