Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Green Willimas, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Green Willimas registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 18, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Green Willimas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Green Willimas
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Green Williams"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsGreen Willimas reported 2 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
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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