Person:Richard Hopkins (11)

Red River County, Texas, 1850 census:^S2

Hopkins, Richard 41 yrs Farmer (real estate = $2,000) b. Kentucky

      Nancy 35 yrs b. Tennessee[?]

      Mary Ann 10 yrs b. Texas

      James 4 yrs b. Texas

Red River County, Texas, 1860 census:^S5

Hopkins, R. M. 51 yrs Farmer (real estate = $44,000; personal estate = $55,000) b. Kentucky

      Emma 3 yrs b. Texas

Burks, Joseph 23 yrs [no occupation] (real estate = $-----; personal estate = $4,200) b. Georgia

1. ↑ Clark, Pat B. The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County. (Dallas: Mathis, Van Nort & Co., 1937), pp. 84-85.

   On 19 Aug 1834, he signed a petition for a road to be laid out from Jonesboro to the Sulphur Fork settlement.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Red River, Texas, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule, p. 225, house/family 420/420.
3. ↑ Handbook of Texas Online, "Hopkins, Richard M.".

   He operated a large plantation in Red River and Lamar Counties with his brother, James. By 1860, they owned 139 slaves, putting them among the largest slaveowners in the state.

4.   Arkansas Secretary of State. Historical Report of the Secretary of State, 1998. (Little Rock: Arkansas Secretary of State, 1998), p. 631.

   He served as sheriff of Miller County, Arkansas, 1832-36.

5. ↑ Red River, Texas, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule, p. 106, house/family 643/643.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Grave marker, Shiloh Cemetery, Red River, Texas, United States.

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