Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Ham, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Henry Ham registered to vote in Hopkins County. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Hopkins County. 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
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Ham
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
6
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Hopkins County
1 year
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Hams elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Ham 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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