Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Frank Swancer, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Frank Swancer registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 12, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 15 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Frank Swancer

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Frank Swancer
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 12, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Hopkins County
15 years
Years in the precinct
14 years
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
5 years
Signature, as written
"Frank x Spencer"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Frank Swancer reported 5 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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