Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Marion Hill, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Marion Hill registered to vote in Fayette County on August 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 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 Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
28 years
In Texas
28 years
In the county
about 1839
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1839 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Marion Hill

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Marion Hill
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
28 years
Years in Fayette County
28 years
Years in the precinct
28 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 Hill in Fayette 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 42 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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