Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Noah Hawkins, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Noah Hawkins registered to vote in Shelby County on August 31, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 7 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Noah Hawkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Noah Hawkins
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Noah Hawthorn"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsNoah Hawkins reported 4 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
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 19 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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