Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Hill, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Peter Hill registered to vote in Davis County on August 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Davis County
Peter Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Hill
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Davis County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hill in Davis County
- Blare Hillborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Cato Hillborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- Esquire Hillborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- John Hillborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Shadrick Hillborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
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 25 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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