Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Abram Hawkins, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Abram Hawkins registered to vote in Harrison County on July 15, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 12 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 Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Abram Hawkins

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Abram Hawkins
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
4
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
July 15, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Harrison County
12 years
Years in the precinct
1 year 6 months
Years in Texas before Harrison County
9 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Abram Hawkins reported 9 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 29 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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