Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Elias Sulivan, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Elias Sulivan registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 10, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 12 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 Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Elias Sulivan

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Elias Sulivan
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 10, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Hopkins County
12 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
5 years
Signature, as written
"Mitchell x Collins"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Elias Sulivan reported 5 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Sulivans elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Sulivan in Texas

Variations of Sulivan

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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