Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Maloney, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

John Maloney registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 11 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
11 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

John Maloney

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Maloney
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
7
Registered
August 7, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Hopkins County
11 years
Years in the precinct
11 years
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
1 year
Signature, as written
"John x Maloney"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

John Maloney reported 1 year more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Variations of Maloney

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 18 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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