Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Silas, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
James Silas registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 24, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Hopkins County. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
James Silas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Silas
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Wm G. x Low"
Silases 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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