Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Petty, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Petty registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 5, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 11 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Joseph Petty
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Petty
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph x Petty"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJoseph Petty reported 1 year more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Other freedmen named Petty in Hopkins County
- Natt Pettyborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Stockly Pettyborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
Pettys 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 13 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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