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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsGeorge Alexander reported 2 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Other freedmen named Alexander in Hopkins County
- Christopher Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Wilson Alexanderborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
Alexanders 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 12 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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