Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Graves, Hill County, Texas, 1867
John Graves registered to vote in Hill County on August 7, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
John Graves
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Graves
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Covington
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Hill County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJohn Graves reported 13 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
Graveses 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 7 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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