Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Houston Rutledge, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Houston Rutledge registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 8, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. 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 Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Hopkins County
Texas
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Houston Rutledge

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Houston Rutledge
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
7
Registered
August 8, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Hopkins County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
7 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

7 years

Houston Rutledge reported 7 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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