Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Green Hill, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Green Hill registered to vote in Harrison County on July 12, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 15 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Green Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Green Hill
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsGreen 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
- Chapel Hillborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- 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 25 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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