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.
- 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"
Other freedmen named Whitfield in Hopkins County
- Coleman Whitfieldborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- Judge Whitfieldborn in Virginia
Whitfields 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 11 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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