Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Hooper, Shelby County, Texas, 1869
Charles Hooper registered to vote in Shelby County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 13 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Charles Hooper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Hooper
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Charles Rooster."
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsCharles Hooper reported 8 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Hooper in Shelby County
- 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
- 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 26 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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