Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hiram Hemphill, Bastrop County, Texas, 1868
Hiram Hemphill registered to vote in Bastrop County on January 31, 1868. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Hiram Hemphill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hiram Hemphill
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsHiram Hemphill reported 14 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Hemphill in Bastrop County
- Alexander Hemphillborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1846
- Arthur Hemphillborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- James Hemphillborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1845
- Robert Hemphillborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1854
- Roden Hemphillborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1850
Hemphills 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 41 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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