Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Hill, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Henry Hill registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Henry Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Hill
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry his X mark Hill"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hill in Shelby County
- James Hillborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Moses Hillborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1847
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 14 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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