Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Pearce, Hill County, Texas, 1869
Samuel Pearce registered to vote in Hill County on November 24, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Samuel Pearce
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Pearce
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Hill County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsSamuel Pearce reported 9 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
Pearces 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 20 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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