Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph Hunter, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Joseph Hunter registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 5 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "Colord" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Joseph Hunter

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joseph Hunter
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 29, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Hopkins County
5 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
13 years
Signature, as written
"Joseph Hunter"
Remarks, as written
"Colord"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Joseph Hunter reported 13 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Hunters elsewhere in Texas

All 63 freedmen named Hunter 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 35 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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