Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Etna Gilbreth, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Etna Gilbreth registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 20, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 7 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
18 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Etna Gilbreth

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Etna Gilbreth
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 20, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Hopkins County
7 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
11 years
Signature, as written
"Richard x Figures"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Etna Gilbreth reported 11 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Other freedmen named Gilbreth 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 2 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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