Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjammin Hillyarde, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Benjammin Hillyarde registered to vote in Austin County on July 27, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 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
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Benjammin Hillyarde
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjammin Hillyarde
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Austin County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Variations of Hillyarde
- Hillyard 6
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 9 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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