Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
H. F. Rutherford, Hill County, Texas, 1867
H. F. Rutherford registered to vote in Hill County on July 17, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Hill County
H. F. Rutherford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- H. F. Rutherford
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Hillsboro
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Hill County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Rutherford in Hill County
- Wade Rutherfordborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
Rutherfords 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 1 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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