Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Lanfield, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Lanfield registered to vote in Hill County on August 30, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 7 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Joseph Lanfield
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Lanfield
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Coxville
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Hill County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJoseph Lanfield reported 4 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 14 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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