Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Hooks, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Henry Hooks registered to vote in Bowie County on August 3, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Henry Hooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Hooks
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 3, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hooks in Bowie County
- A. Hooksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Alexander Hooksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Ellis Hooksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Forrest Hooksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Harry Hooksborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
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 13 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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