Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Hall, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Willis Hall registered to vote in Austin County on July 24, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- 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 Austin County
Willis Hall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Hall
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hall in Austin County
- Bob Hallborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
- Daniel Hallborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Esau Hallborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
- Isaac Hallborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
- Jesse Hallborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1847
Halls elsewhere 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 7 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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