Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Finch, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Louis Finch registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 10, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Louis Finch
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Finch
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 12
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "Corlis x French"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsLouis Finch reported 16 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
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 22 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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