Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Hawkins, Burleson County, Texas, 1869
John Hawkins registered to vote in Burleson County on November 19, 1869. He reported 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Burleson County
John Hawkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Hawkins
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hawkins in Burleson County
- J. Hawkinsreached Texas about 1847
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 30 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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