Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charles Steel, Hill County, Texas, 1867

Charles Steel registered to vote in Hill County on September 23, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.

Born in Arkansas, registered in Hill County, Texas

Arkansas
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

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In Hill County

Charles Steel

Texas

Name: Charles Steel
Place of birth: Arkansas
County of registration: Hill County
Precinct: Aquilla
Registered: September 23, 1867
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Hill County: 14 years
Years in the precinct: 14 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Hill County on the 1870 county map

Steels elsewhere in Texas

All 7 freedmen named Steel in Texas

Variations of Steel

Steele 5

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 15 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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