Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Starks, Hill County, Texas, 1867
James Starks registered to vote in Hill County on August 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Hill County
James Starks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Starks
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Towash
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Hill County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Starks in Hill County
- Volt Starksborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1859
Starkses 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 5 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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