Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Hilliard, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
William Hilliard registered to vote in Shelby County on August 29, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Shelby County. 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
William Hilliard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Hilliard
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Signature, as written
- "William x Kelleart"
Other freedmen named Hilliard in Shelby County
- Antony Hilliardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Harry Hilliardborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1843
- Henry Hilliardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- John Hilliardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 18 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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