Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Hicks, Williamson County, Texas, 1867
Sam Hicks registered to vote in Williamson County on July 23, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Williamson County registered 205 freedmen in 1867, 19% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
Sam Hicks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Hicks
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Naturalized, where
- "Daniel his x mark Soule"
- Signature, as written
- "Sam his x mark Hicks"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Hickses 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 6 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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