Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Robertson, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

William Robertson registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 8 of them in Hopkins County. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

William Robertson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Robertson
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 23, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Hopkins County
8 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
2 years
Signature, as written
"Wm Robertson"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

William Robertson reported 2 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Robertsons elsewhere in Texas

All 68 freedmen named Robertson in Texas

Variations of Robertson

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 4 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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