Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Benjamin McGuire, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Benjamin McGuire registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
about 1849
Reached Texas
17 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Benjamin McGuire

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Benjamin McGuire
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 27, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Hopkins County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
17 years
Signature, as written
"Henry x McGuire"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

17 years

Benjamin McGuire reported 17 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Other freedmen named McGuire in Hopkins County

McGuires elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named McGuire 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 8 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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