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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsWade 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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