Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel Tapley, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Samuel Tapley registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
about 1857
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Samuel Tapley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Samuel Tapley
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
8
Registered
August 12, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Hopkins County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
9 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

9 years

Samuel Tapley reported 9 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Tapleys elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Tapley 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. Hopkins County's entries fill 40 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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