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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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"
Other freedmen named Hawkins in Brazoria County
- Nathan Hawkinsborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1842
- Ned Hawkinsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1837
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 19 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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