Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Lad, Hill County, Texas, 1867
James Lad registered to vote in Hill County on August 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 4 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
James Lad
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Lad
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Hillsboro
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Hill County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJames Lad reported 4 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
Lads 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 12 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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