Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Isaac Randolph, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Isaac Randolph registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 6 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Isaac Randolph

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Isaac Randolph
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
7
Registered
August 13, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Hopkins County
6 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
2 years
Signature, as written
"Augustin J. Douglas"
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

Isaac Randolph reported 2 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Variations of Randolph

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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