Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Mason, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
James Mason registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 3 of them in Hopkins County. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
James Mason
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Mason
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jack x Bradow"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJames Mason reported 4 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Masons 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 5 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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