Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Edmon Talley, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Edmon Talley registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
19 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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In Hopkins County

Edmon Talley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Edmon Talley
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Hopkins County
19 years
Years in the precinct
19 years
Signature, as written
"Addison x Alley"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

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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