Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Hill, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Lewis Hill registered to vote in Austin County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 3 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Lewis Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Hill
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsLewis Hill reported 5 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 57 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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