Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Hooper, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Hooper registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Joseph Hooper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Hooper
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph x Harper"
Other freedmen named Hooper in Shelby County
- Charles Hooperborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Gid Hooperborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Henry Hooperborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- Marsh Hooperborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Pink Hooperborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
Hoopers elsewhere 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. It sits on page 10 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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