Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ellis Ashley, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Ellis Ashley registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 6, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
Ellis Ashley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ellis Ashley
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ellis x Ackley"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Ashleys 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 17 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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