Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Hopson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Frank Hopson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 13, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Frank Hopson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Hopson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 12
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hopson in Fayette County
- Henry Hopsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1841
Hopsons 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 9 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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