Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Hillyard, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Hillyard registered to vote in Austin County on August 22, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 46 years in Texas, 46 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
- 46 years
- In Texas
- 46 years
- In the county
- about 1821
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1821 to 1870
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In Austin County
Jacob Hillyard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Hillyard
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 46 years
- Years in Austin County
- 46 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hillyard in Austin County
- James Hillyardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1834
- Moses Hillyardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1837
- Robert Hillyardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1836
Hillyards 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 32 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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