Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Hawkins, Galveston County, Texas, 1869
George Hawkins registered to vote in Galveston County on November 26, 1869. He reported 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
George Hawkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Hawkins
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hawkins in Galveston County
- Thomas Hawkinsreached Texas about 1865
Hawkinses 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 70 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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