Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wiley Hill, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Wiley Hill registered to vote in Walker County on August 21, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Wiley Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wiley Hill
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. his X mark Hill"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsWiley Hill reported 12 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
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 16 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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