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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsJohn 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
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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