Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Aaron Reeves, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Aaron Reeves registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Hopkins County. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Hopkins County

Aaron Reeves

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Aaron Reeves
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 24, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Hopkins County
20 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Signature, as written
"Aaron x Reives"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

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

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