Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Brown, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Peter Brown registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 10, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
Peter Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Brown
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Peter x Rogers"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Hopkins County
- George Brownborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- William Brownborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
Browns 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 23 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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