Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Fancher, Hill County, Texas, 1867

Peter Fancher registered to vote in Hill County on August 15, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 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 Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Hill County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hill County

Peter Fancher

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Fancher
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Hill County
Precinct
Hillsboro
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Hill County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Hill County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hill County highlighted
Hill County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Peter Fancher reported 1 year more in Texas than in Hill County.

Fanchers elsewhere in Texas

All 1 freedmen named Fancher 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 9 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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