Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George Alexander, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

George Alexander registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 2, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
about 1864
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Hopkins County

George Alexander

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George Alexander
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 2, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Hopkins County
8 months
Years in the precinct
8 months
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
2 years
Signature, as written
"George Alexander"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

George Alexander reported 2 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Other freedmen named Alexander in Hopkins County

Alexanders elsewhere in Texas

All 121 freedmen named Alexander 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 12 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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