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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Hill County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hill County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hill County highlighted
Hill County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Samuel Pearce reported 9 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 20 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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