Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sampson Hills, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Sampson Hills registered to vote in Lamar County on July 11, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Sampson Hills
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sampson Hills
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Grimes Lewis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Hillses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Hills
- Hill 141
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 15 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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