Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Oates, Hill County, Texas, 1869
Jackson Oates registered to vote in Hill County on November 17, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 3 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.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hill County
Jackson Oates
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Oates
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Hill County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 17 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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