Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Hawshaw, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Hawshaw registered to vote in Harrison County on July 25, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Thomas Hawshaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Hawshaw
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "P. Hawshaw"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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 44 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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