Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Madison, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
William Madison registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 10, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hopkins County. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Madison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Madison
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "William x Madison"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsWilliam Madison reported 2 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Madisons 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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