Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Chapel Hill, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Chapel Hill registered to vote in Harrison County on June 25, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 12 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Chapel Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Chapel Hill
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall, Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsChapel Hill reported 6 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Hill in Harrison County
- Alexander Hillborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Green Hillborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- Israel Hillborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- 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 2 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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