Washington County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Hall Hopkins, Washington County, Texas, 1867

Hall Hopkins registered to vote in Washington County on June 13, 1867. He reported 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Washington County. The registrar wrote "Freedman of Color" beside his name. Washington County registered 2,279 freedmen in 1867, 53% of its voters.

Registered in Washington County, Texas

8 years
In Texas: 8 years
In the county: about 1859
Reached Texas

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Hall Hopkins

Texas

Name: Hall Hopkins
County of registration: Washington County
Precinct: 4
Registered: June 13, 1867
Years in Texas: 8 years
Years in Washington County: 8 years
Years in the precinct: 8 years
Signature, as written: "J. M. his X mark Parker"
Remarks, as written: "Freedman of Color"

Washington County on the 1870 county map

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All 15 freedmen named Hopkins 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 3 of the Washington County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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