Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon McKink, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Simon McKink registered to vote in Hill County on August 30, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 2 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Simon McKink
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon McKink
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Coxville
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Hill County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsSimon McKink reported 20 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 13 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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