Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel Duncan, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Samuel Duncan registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 30, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 9 years 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 Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
9 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1858
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Samuel Duncan

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Samuel Duncan
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 30, 1867
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in Hopkins County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
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 Duncan reported 8 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Duncans elsewhere in Texas

All 26 freedmen named Duncan 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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