Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Dobs, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Washington Dobs registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 8, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Washington Dobs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Dobs
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Washington x Dols"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsWashington Dobs reported 6 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
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 19 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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