Washington County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Hilliard Banks, Washington County, Texas, 1867

Hilliard Banks registered to vote in Washington County on June 14, 1867. He reported 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Washington County. The registrar wrote "F.M.C" beside his name. Washington County registered 2,279 freedmen in 1867, 53% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Washington County, Texas
22 years
In Texas
22 years
In the county
about 1845
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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In Washington County

Hilliard Banks

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Hilliard Banks
County of registration
Washington County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 14, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Washington County
22 years
Years in the precinct
22 years
Signature, as written
"Preston his X mark Wilson"
Remarks, as written
"F.M.C"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Washington County highlighted
Washington County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Banks in Washington County

Bankses elsewhere in Texas

All 77 freedmen named Banks 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 5 of the Washington County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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