Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Green Darden, Hopkins County, Texas, 1869

Green Darden registered to vote in Hopkins County on November 26, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Green Darden

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Green Darden
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Hopkins County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
16 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

16 years

Green Darden reported 16 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Dardens elsewhere in Texas

All 9 freedmen named Darden 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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