Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willace Hill, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Willace Hill registered to vote in Walker County on August 19, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Walker County
Willace Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willace Hill
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Walker County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. H. Hill"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hill in Walker County
- Charles Hillborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- David Hillborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Eli Hillborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1864
- George Hillborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- Isaac Hillborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
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 12 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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