Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Hill, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Moses Hill registered to vote in Shelby County on August 31, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Moses Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Hill
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Moses Hill"
Other freedmen named Hill in Shelby County
- Henry Hillborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
- James Hillborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
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 19 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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