Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

W. Hampton, Collin County, Texas, 1867

W. Hampton registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 24 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 10 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Collin County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Collin County

W. Hampton

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
W. Hampton
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Collin County
Precinct
2
Registered
Jul. 24 1867
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Collin County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Years in Texas before Collin County
9 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Collin County highlighted
Collin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

W. Hampton reported 9 years more in Texas than in Collin County.

Hamptons elsewhere in Texas

All 33 freedmen named Hampton 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. Collin County's entries fill 46 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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