Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Isiah Hawkins, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Isiah Hawkins registered to vote in Harrison County on July 31, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Isiah Hawkins

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Isiah Hawkins
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Harrison County
1 year
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Harrison County
14 years
Signature, as written
"W. J. Hawkins"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Isiah Hawkins reported 14 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Hawkins in Harrison County

Hawkinses elsewhere in Texas

All 55 freedmen named Hawkins 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 52 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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