Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Landrum, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
John Landrum registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 13 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
John Landrum
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Landrum
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "John Vandersmo"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJohn Landrum reported 5 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Landrums 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 28 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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