Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jessie Bugg, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Jessie Bugg registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 6 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1861
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Jessie Bugg

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jessie Bugg
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
7
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Hopkins County
5 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
1 year
Signature, as written
"Jesse x Bugg"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Jessie Bugg reported 1 year more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Buggs elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Bugg 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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