Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henderson Hawkins, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henderson Hawkins registered to vote in Harrison County on August 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Henderson Hawkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henderson Hawkins
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 months
- Signature, as written
- "H. Henderson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 67 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Harrison County, Texas
Harrison County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Harrison CountyThe Hawkins name in TexasBorn in VirginiaSearch Harrison County by name