Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jackson Yates, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Jackson Yates registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 29, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
17 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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In Hopkins County

Jackson Yates

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jackson Yates
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
10
Registered
August 29, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Hopkins County
17 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Naturalized, how
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"[illegible]"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

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 36 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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