Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Nat Reynolds, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Nat Reynolds registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 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 Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
about 1853
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Nat Reynolds

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Nat Reynolds
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Hopkins County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
13 years
Naturalized, how
"at the Mayors Office"
Naturalized, when
"1857"
Naturalized, where
"City Philadelphia Pa"
Signature, as written
"Nat x Reynolds"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Nat Reynolds reported 13 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

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 9 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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