Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Hooper, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Ben Hooper registered to vote in Anderson County on August 3, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Ben Hooper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Hooper
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 12 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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