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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearCharles Perry reported 1 year more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Perrys elsewhere in Texas
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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