Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Rollins, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Henry Rollins registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Henry Rollins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Rollins
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Rollins"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsHenry Rollins reported 10 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Other freedmen named Rollins in Hopkins County
- John Rollinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
Rollinses 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 2 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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