Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jefferson Hawkins, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Jefferson Hawkins registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
7 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1860
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Jefferson Hawkins

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jefferson Hawkins
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in Brazoria County
7 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Hawkins in Brazoria County

Hawkinses elsewhere in Texas

All 55 freedmen named Hawkins 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 19 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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