Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George Hicks, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

George Hicks registered to vote in Hunt County on August 28, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Hunt County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

George Hicks

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George Hicks
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Hunt County
Precinct
9
Registered
August 28, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Hunt County
8 months
Years in the precinct
8 months
Years in Texas before Hunt County
15 years
Signature, as written
"George his X mark Heese"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

George Hicks reported 15 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.

Hickses elsewhere in Texas

All 27 freedmen named Hicks 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 Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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