Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Minter, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Minter registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 5, 1867. He reported Georgia 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.
- Georgia
- 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
Wesley Minter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Minter
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wesley x Hunter"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Minter in Hopkins County
- Dennis Minterborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- George Minterborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Henry Minterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Lewis Minterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
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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