Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wade Sorroll, Hill County, Texas, 1868

Wade Sorroll registered to vote in Hill County on January 30, 1868. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 1 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 Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Hill County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hill County

Wade Sorroll

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wade Sorroll
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Hill County
Precinct
Richland
Registered
January 30, 1868
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Hill County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Hill County
12 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

12 years

Wade Sorroll reported 12 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 16 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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