Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Hill, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
James Hill registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Shelby County
James Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Hill
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "James Hill"
Other freedmen named Hill in Shelby County
- Henry Hillborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 15 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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