Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Franklin, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
John Franklin registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 18 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
John Franklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Franklin
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "George x Bridges"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Franklin reported 1 year more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Franklins elsewhere 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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