Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hal Hawkins, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Hal Hawkins registered to vote in Harrison County on July 5, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 7 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Hal Hawkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hal Hawkins
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsHal 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
- Henderson Hawkinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1848
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 17 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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