Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Byers, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Byers registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 10, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
Joseph Byers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Byers
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Frank x Young"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Byerses 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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