Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel Parker, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Samuel Parker registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 7 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Samuel Parker

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Samuel Parker
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 27, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Hopkins County
7 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
8 years
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

Samuel Parker reported 8 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

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. Hopkins County's entries fill 40 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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