Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Turpin, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Turpin registered to vote in Hill County on August 5, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 2 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.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Thomas Turpin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Turpin
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Towash
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Hill County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearThomas Turpin reported 1 year 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 5 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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