Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Daniel Whitfield, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Daniel Whitfield registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 31, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 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
16 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Hopkins County

Daniel Whitfield

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Daniel Whitfield
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Hopkins County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 years
Signature, as written
"Daniel x Whitfield"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
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 11 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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