Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Prince Albert, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Prince Albert registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Hopkins County

Prince Albert

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Prince Albert
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 19, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Hopkins County
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Signature, as written
"Prince x Albert"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

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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