Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Hill, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Hill registered to vote in Hunt County on August 28, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hunt County
Alexander Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Hill
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alexander his X mark Hill"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 20 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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