Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Hilliard, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Harry Hilliard registered to vote in Shelby County on August 3, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 1 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Harry Hilliard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Hilliard
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 23 years
- Signature, as written
- "Harry x Hilliard"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsHarry Hilliard reported 23 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Hilliard in Shelby County
- Antony Hilliardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Henry Hilliardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- 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 8 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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