Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Patterson, Hill County, Texas, 1867
David Patterson registered to vote in Hill County on August 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hill County
David Patterson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Patterson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- White Rock
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hill County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Pattersons 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 7 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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