Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Hawkins, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
James Hawkins registered to vote in Harrison County on August 2, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 2 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
James Hawkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Hawkins
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "D. Hawkins"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsJames Hawkins reported 16 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 55 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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