Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Hugh Hall, Fayette County, Texas, 1869

Hugh Hall registered to vote in Fayette County on November 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
7 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1862
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Hugh Hall

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Hugh Hall
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in Fayette County
7 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Hall in Fayette County

  • Bradford Hallborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
  • Jack Hallborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
  • Jesse Hallborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854

Halls elsewhere in Texas

All 92 freedmen named Hall 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 62 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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