Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
July Robards, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
July Robards registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
July Robards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- July Robards
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wilson A. Green"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsJuly Robards reported 19 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Robardses elsewhere 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 10 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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