Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jefferson Lindley, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Jefferson Lindley registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 25, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 4 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jefferson Lindley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jefferson Lindley
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Alonzo L Wilson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJefferson Lindley reported 1 year more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Other freedmen named Lindley in Hopkins County
- Miles Lindleyborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1857
- Richard Lindleyborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1847
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 6 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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