Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Barrum, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Simon Barrum registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 3 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Simon Barrum
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Barrum
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Pat. x Lynch"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsSimon Barrum reported 15 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Barrums 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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