Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Fanning, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Henry Fanning registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
Henry Fanning
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Fanning
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Henry x Fanning"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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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