Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Grimes, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Charles Grimes registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 17, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% 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
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In Hopkins County
Charles Grimes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Grimes
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Charles Grimes"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Grimes in Hopkins County
- Kinion Grimesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
Grimeses 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 1 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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