Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Hill, Walker County, Texas, 1867
William Hill registered to vote in Walker County on August 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
William Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Hill
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "William X Hill"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsWilliam Hill reported 9 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 19 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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