Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Judge Whitfield, Hopkins County, Texas, 1868

Judge Whitfield registered to vote in Hopkins County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace. 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

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
Judge Whitfield
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Hopkins County
Registered
January 31, 1868
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Whitfield in Hopkins County

Whitfields elsewhere in Texas

All 18 freedmen named Whitfield 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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