Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Hopson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Henry Hopson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Henry Hopson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Hopson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 12
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 26 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hopson in Fayette County
- Frank Hopsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1855
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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