Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Hines, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Hines registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 1, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas, 1 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Lavaca County
Thomas Hines
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Hines
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Lavaca County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Moses Lewis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsThomas Hines reported 12 years more in Texas than in Lavaca County.
Hineses 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 1 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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