Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
E.B. Hammer, Hill County, Texas, 1869
E.B. Hammer registered to vote in Hill County on November 22, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
E.B. Hammer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- E.B. Hammer
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Hill County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsE.B. Hammer reported 9 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
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 19 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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