Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George W. Conley, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

George W. Conley registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

George W. Conley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George W. Conley
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
9
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Hopkins County
2 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
2 years
Signature, as written
"George W. Conley"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

George W. Conley reported 2 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Conleys elsewhere in Texas

All 8 freedmen named Conley 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 15 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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