Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James F. Hill, Austin County, Texas, 1867
James F. Hill registered to vote in Austin County on August 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Austin County
James F. Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James F. Hill
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Austin County
- 27 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
- 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 23 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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