Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Wardlaw, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Wardlaw registered to vote in Hill County on August 13, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Hill County
Thomas Wardlaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Wardlaw
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Hillsboro
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 7 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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