Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Garrott, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Anthony Garrott registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
Anthony Garrott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Garrott
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Anthony x Jarrett"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Garrott in Hopkins County
- Henry Garrottborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Mitchell Garrottborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
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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