Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Richardson, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Louis Richardson registered to vote in Hill County on July 17, 1867. He reported Louisiana 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.
- Louisiana
- 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
Louis Richardson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Richardson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- White Rock
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hill County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Richardsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Richardson
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 1 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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