Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John McDonald, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
John McDonald registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 17, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
John McDonald
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John McDonald
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 12
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "John x McDonalds"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJohn McDonald reported 7 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
McDonalds elsewhere in Texas
Variations of McDonald
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 27 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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