Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William B. Hendricks, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

William B. Hendricks registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. 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 Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
about 1863
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

William B. Hendricks

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William B. Hendricks
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 10, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Hopkins County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
3 years
Signature, as written
"William B. x Kendrick"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

William B. Hendricks reported 3 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Hendrickses elsewhere in Texas

All 14 freedmen named Hendricks in Texas

Variations of Hendricks

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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