Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Robert Burmingham, Hopkins County, Texas, 1869

Robert Burmingham registered to vote in Hopkins County on November 26, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 10 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Robert Burmingham

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Robert Burmingham
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
5
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Hopkins County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 months
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
8 years
Naturalized, how
"N Carolina"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

Robert Burmingham reported 8 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Burminghams elsewhere in Texas

All 2 freedmen named Burmingham 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 40 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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