Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wilson Alexander, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Wilson Alexander registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 8 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Wilson Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wilson Alexander
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Milton Alexander"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsWilson Alexander reported 7 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Other freedmen named Alexander in Hopkins County
- Christopher Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- George Alexanderborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
Alexanders 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 7 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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