Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sampson Crisp, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Sampson Crisp registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 17, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
Sampson Crisp
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sampson Crisp
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sampson Crisp"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Crisp in Hopkins County
- William Crispborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
Crisps 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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