Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Hill, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
John Hill registered to vote in Colorado County on November 18, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
John Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Hill
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsJohn Hill reported 14 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Hill in Colorado County
- Claiborne Hillborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Dick Hillborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Frank Hillborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- Jordan Hillborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1838
- Richard Hillborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
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 51 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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