Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Conray Bridges, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Conray Bridges registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 10, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
11 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Conray Bridges

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Conray Bridges
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
5
Registered
August 10, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Hopkins County
11 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
2 years
Signature, as written
"Joseph Deal"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Conray Bridges reported 2 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Bridgeses elsewhere in Texas

All 7 freedmen named Bridges in Texas

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

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