Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Eli Hill, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Eli Hill registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Eli Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Eli Hill
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Eli X Hill (his mark)"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsEli Hill reported 2 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
- George Hillborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- Isaac Hillborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Nelson Hillborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
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 24 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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