Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Howard Hall, Collin County, Texas, 1869

Howard Hall registered to vote in Collin County on Nov. 25 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Collin County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Collin County

Howard Hall

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Howard Hall
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Collin County
Precinct
1
Registered
Nov. 25 1869
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Collin County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Collin County highlighted
Collin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Hall in Collin County

  • Perry Hallborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862

Halls elsewhere in Texas

All 92 freedmen named Hall 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 45 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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