Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Solomon Wallace, Hopkins County, Texas, 1869

Solomon Wallace registered to vote in Hopkins County on November 26, 1869. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 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 Maryland and Texas marked
Born in Maryland, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Maryland
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1868
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Hopkins County

Solomon Wallace

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Solomon Wallace
Place of birth
Maryland
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Hopkins County
1 year
Years in the precinct
3 months
Naturalized, how
"Kentucky"
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 40 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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