Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Moses Hill, Bowie County, Texas, 1869

Moses Hill registered to vote in Bowie County on July 12, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Bowie County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1861
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Bowie County

Moses Hill

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Moses Hill
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Bowie County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 12, 1869
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Bowie County
8 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bowie County highlighted
Bowie County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Hill in Bowie County

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 1 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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