Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Christopher Alexander, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Christopher Alexander registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 6, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
Christopher Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Christopher Alexander
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Christopher x Alexander"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Hopkins County
- George Alexanderborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
- Wilson Alexanderborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
Alexanders 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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