Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Hill, Austin County, Texas, 1867
George Hill registered to vote in Austin County on September 4, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Austin County
George Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Hill
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 4, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Austin County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hill in Austin County
- Daniel Hillborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1850
- 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
- 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 44 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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