Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Washington, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
John Washington registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 24, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 3 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Washington
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "John x Washington"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Washington reported 1 year more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Other freedmen named Washington in Hopkins County
- George Washingtonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Gilbert Washingtonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
Washingtons 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 33 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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