Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Beeson, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
John Beeson registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 29, 1867. He reported Kentucky 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.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
John Beeson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Beeson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- 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
- "John x Owens"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJohn Beeson 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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