Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Walker Hill, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Walker Hill registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Walker Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Walker Hill
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsWalker Hill reported 8 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Hill in Bastrop County
- Adolphus Hillborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1831
- Albert Hillborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Alonzo Hillborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- Benjamin Hillborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- Dudley Hillborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
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 5 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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