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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsIsiah Hawkins reported 14 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Hawkins in Harrison County
- Aaron Hawkinsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- Aaron Hawkinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Abram Hawkinsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1846
- David Hawkinsborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1859
- Hal Hawkinsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
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 52 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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