Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Hill, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Joseph Hill registered to vote in Madison County on November 18, 1869. He reported New York as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 2 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- New York
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Joseph Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Hill
- Place of birth
- New York
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Madison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph Hill"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJoseph Hill reported 7 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
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 13 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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