Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Hill, Harrison County, Texas, 1870
William Hill registered to vote in Harrison County on July 10, 1870. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Hill
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 10, 1870
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- 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
- Israel Hillborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Jack Hillborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1846
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 24 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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