Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Hooks, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Alexander Hooks registered to vote in Bowie County on November 26, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Alexander Hooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Hooks
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hooks in Bowie County
- A. Hooksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Ellis Hooksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Forrest Hooksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Harry Hooksborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- Henry Hooksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
Hookses 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 21 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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