Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Hill, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Hill registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 2 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Samuel Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Hill
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsSamuel Hill reported 10 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Hill in Matagorda County
- Lonna Hillborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
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 6 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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