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.

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

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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