Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Davy Chapman, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Davy Chapman registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Davy Chapman

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Davy Chapman
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 13, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Hopkins County
2 years
Years in the precinct
7 months
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
2 years
Signature, as written
"Harry x Chapman"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Davy Chapman reported 2 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 24 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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