Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Hawkins, Austin County, Texas, 1867
George Hawkins registered to vote in Austin County on August 23, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
George Hawkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Hawkins
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hawkins in Austin County
- Henderson Hawkinsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1842
- Robert Hawkinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Thomas Hawkinsborn in Guinea, Africa, reached Texas about 1822
- Thos Hawkinsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 33 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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