Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmond Whitas, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Edmond Whitas registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 31, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Edmond Whitas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmond Whitas
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Edmond x Whites"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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