Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William H. Hicks, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
William H. Hicks registered to vote in Harrison County on July 29, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William H. Hicks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William H. Hicks
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. H. West"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsWilliam H. Hicks reported 4 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Hicks in Harrison County
- Austin Hicksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Charles Hicksborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- Henry Hicksborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1846
- Lewis Hicksborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
Hickses 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 49 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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