Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Johnicon, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

William Johnicon registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.

Born in Mississippi, registered in Hopkins County, Texas

Mississippi
Birthplace: 3 years
In Texas: 3 years
In the county: about 1864
Reached Texas

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William Johnicon

Texas

Name: William Johnicon
Place of birth: Mississippi
County of registration: Hopkins County
Precinct: 4
Registered: July 29, 1867
Years in Texas: 3 years
Years in Hopkins County: 3 years
Years in the precinct: 3 years
Naturalized, how: "at the Mayors Office"
Naturalized, when: "1857"
Naturalized, where: "City Philadelphia Pa"
Signature, as written: "William x Johnican"
Remarks, as written: "colored"

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

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