Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Simpson, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
John Simpson registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 23, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Simpson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Simpson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "John x Simpson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJohn Simpson reported 2 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Simpsons 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 32 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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