Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Brown, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
William Brown registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 5, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
William Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Brown
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "William x Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Hopkins County
- George Brownborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- Peter Brownborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1862
Browns 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 14 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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