Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Daniel Hill, Austin County, Texas, 1868

Daniel Hill registered to vote in Austin County on January 28, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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 Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Austin County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
18 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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In Austin County

Daniel Hill

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Daniel Hill
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
January 28, 1868
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Austin County
18 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Hill in Austin County

  • 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
  • John Hillborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845

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 47 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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