Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Miles Lindley, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Miles Lindley registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 20, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "Col'd" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
Miles Lindley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Miles Lindley
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wiley Findley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Col'd"
Other freedmen named Lindley in Hopkins County
- Jefferson Lindleyborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1862
- Richard Lindleyborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1847
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 3 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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