Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bailey Hill, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Bailey Hill registered to vote in Fayette County on August 9, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Bailey Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bailey Hill
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsBailey Hill reported 24 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Hill in Fayette County
- Anderson Hillborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- Friday Hillborn in Africa, reached Texas about 1842
- Henry Hillborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1840
- Marion Hillborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1839
- Mark Hillborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
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 35 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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