Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Moore, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Moore registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 24, 1867. He reported Arkansas 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 Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Arkansas
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

Thomas Moore

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Moore
Place of birth
Arkansas
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
1 year
Signature, as written
"John x Jackson"
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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