Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Isaac Welbern, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Isaac Welbern registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 6 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Registered in Marion County" 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
16 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Isaac Welbern

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Isaac Welbern
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
7
Registered
August 10, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Hopkins County
6 years
Years in the precinct
2 months
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
10 years
Signature, as written
"Mason x Blackwell"
Remarks, as written
"Colored. Registered in Marion County"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Isaac Welbern reported 10 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 23 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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