Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lawson Dowdle, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Lawson Dowdle registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
Lawson Dowdle
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lawson Dowdle
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry x Rollins"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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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