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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

July Robards reported 19 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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