Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Prescott, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Prescott registered to vote in Hill County on August 13, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Lewis Prescott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Prescott
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Towash
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Hill County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsLewis Prescott reported 18 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
Prescotts 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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