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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Green 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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