Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Hilliard, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
John Hilliard registered to vote in Shelby County on September 17, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Shelby County
John Hilliard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Hilliard
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "John " Hilliard"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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
- William Hilliardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
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 20 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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