Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Lindley, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Richard Lindley registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 8, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
Richard Lindley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Lindley
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Stephen D. Rickard"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Lindley in Hopkins County
- Jefferson Lindleyborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1862
- Miles Lindleyborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1857
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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