Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Tomlinson, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Tomlinson registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 21, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
Alexander Tomlinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Tomlinson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alexander x Anderson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Tomlinsons 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 30 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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