Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Silas Kinshalow, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Silas Kinshalow registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 29, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 12 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 Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
about 1855
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Silas Kinshalow

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Silas Kinshalow
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Hopkins County
3 months
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
11 years
Signature, as written
"Silas X Kincheloe"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Silas Kinshalow reported 11 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 10 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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