Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henderson Hawkins, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Henderson Hawkins registered to vote in Austin County on July 25, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
1842186018621864186618681870
In Austin County
Henderson Hawkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henderson Hawkins
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Austin County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hawkins in Austin County
- George Hawkinsborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1865
- 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 8 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Austin County, Texas
Austin County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Austin CountyThe Hawkins name in TexasBorn in North CarolinaSearch Austin County by name