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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsAbram Hawkins reported 9 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
- David Hawkinsborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1859
- Hal Hawkinsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- 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 29 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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