Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Stockly Petty, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Stockly Petty registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 5, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Hopkins County. 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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In Hopkins County

Stockly Petty

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Stockly 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
12 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Signature, as written
"Stobly x Petty"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Petty in Hopkins County

  • Joseph Pettyborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
  • Natt Pettyborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855

Pettys elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Petty 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 14 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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