DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Hilliard, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Hilliard registered to vote in DeWitt County on August 2, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 7 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
1855186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In DeWitt County
Nelson Hilliard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Hilliard
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before DeWitt County
- 5 years
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsNelson Hilliard reported 5 years more in Texas than in DeWitt County.
Hilliards 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 17 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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