Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Claiborne Hill, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Claiborne Hill registered to vote in Colorado County on July 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Claiborne Hill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Claiborne Hill
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hill in Colorado County
- Dick Hillborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Frank Hillborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- John Hillborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1853
- 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 5 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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