Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Rollins, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
John Rollins registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 3 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
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Rollins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Rollins
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "John x Rollins"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Rollins reported 1 year more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Other freedmen named Rollins in Hopkins County
- Henry Rollinsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1856
Rollinses 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 15 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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