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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Maryland and Texas marked
Born in Maryland, registered in Shelby County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

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

All 132 freedmen named Hill 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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