Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Hill, Austin County, Texas, 1869
James Hill registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Austin County
James Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Hill
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Austin County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Joesph Hillborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- John Hillborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
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 59 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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