Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charles Perry, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Charles Perry registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 16, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. 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
2 years
In Texas
about 1865
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Charles Perry

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Charles Perry
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
12
Registered
August 16, 1867
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in Hopkins County
5 months
Years in the precinct
5 months
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
1 year
Signature, as written
"Charles Perry"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Charles Perry reported 1 year 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 26 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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