Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Hill, Austin County, Texas, 1868

John Hill registered to vote in Austin County on January 30, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Austin County
Texas
Birthplace
23 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
21 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

John Hill

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Hill
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
January 30, 1868
Years in Texas
23 years
Years in Austin County
2 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
21 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

21 years

John Hill reported 21 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named Hill in Austin County

  • Daniel Hillborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1850
  • George Hillborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
  • J. T. Hillborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1840
  • James Hillborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
  • Joesph Hillborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843

Hills elsewhere in Texas

All 132 freedmen named Hill 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 50 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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