Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Hopkin, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Jack Hopkin registered to vote in Davis County on July 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Davis County
Jack Hopkin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Hopkin
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Davis County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Variations of Hopkin
- Hopkins 12
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 4 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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