Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dennis Minter, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Dennis Minter registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 7, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Dennis Minter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dennis Minter
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Dennis x Meriter"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Minter in Hopkins County
- George Minterborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Henry Minterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Lewis Minterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Wesley Minterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
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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