Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Israel Hill, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Israel Hill registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Israel Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Israel Hill
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Neal"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hill in Harrison County
- Alexander Hillborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Chapel Hillborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Green Hillborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- Jack Hillborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1846
- Jacob Hillborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
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 73 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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