Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Winchester, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Louis Winchester registered to vote in Hill County on July 18, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hill County
Louis Winchester
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Winchester
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Hillsboro
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hill County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Winchester in Hill County
- Cap Winchesterborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1861
- George Winchesterborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
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 2 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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