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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Alexander in Hopkins County

Alexanders elsewhere in Texas

All 121 freedmen named Alexander 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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