Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gilbert Washington, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Gilbert Washington registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Gilbert Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gilbert Washington
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 12
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Gilbert X Washington"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Hopkins County
- George Washingtonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- John Washingtonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
Washingtons 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 25 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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