Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Hilliard, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Henry Hilliard registered to vote in Shelby County on July 18, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Henry Hilliard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Hilliard
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry his X mark Hilliard"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hilliard in Shelby County
- Antony Hilliardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Harry Hilliardborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1843
- John Hilliardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- William Hilliardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
Hilliards 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 Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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