Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Hawkins, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Hawkins registered to vote in Austin County on August 20, 1867. He reported Guinea, Africa as his birthplace and 45 years in Texas, 20 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Guinea, Africa
- Birthplace
- 45 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1822
- Reached Texas
- 25 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1822 to 1870
Thomas Hawkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Hawkins
- Place of birth
- Guinea, Africa
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 45 years
- Years in Austin County
- 20 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
25 yearsThomas Hawkins reported 25 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Hawkins in Austin County
- George Hawkinsborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1865
- Henderson Hawkinsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1842
- Robert Hawkinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 29 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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