Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Epinger G. Jinks, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Epinger G. Jinks registered to vote in Hunt County on August 8, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Hunt County
Epinger G. Jinks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Epinger G. Jinks
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ebenezer J. Jinks"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Jinkses 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 14 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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