Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Hardridge, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Hardridge registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 10, 1867. He reported Creek Nation as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Creek Nation
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
Samuel Hardridge
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Hardridge
- Place of birth
- Creek Nation
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Samuel x Hardiego"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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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