Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Hawkins, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Nathan Hawkins registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 6, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Nathan Hawkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Hawkins
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hawkins in Brazoria County
- Jefferson Hawkinsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- 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 10 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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