Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Vinos Hooper, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Vinos Hooper registered to vote in Shelby County on November 16, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Born in Mississippi, registered in Shelby County, Texas

Mississippi
Birthplace: 16 years
In Texas: 16 years
In the county: about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Shelby County

Vinos Hooper

Texas

Name: Vinos Hooper
Place of birth: Mississippi
County of registration: Shelby County
Precinct: 8
Registered: November 16, 1867
Years in Texas: 16 years
Years in Shelby County: 16 years
Years in the precinct: 16 years
Signature, as written: "Venos Hooker"

Shelby County on the 1870 county map

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
Joseph Hooperborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
Marsh Hooperborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851

Hoopers elsewhere in Texas

All 15 freedmen named Hooper 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 22 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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