Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jacob Hawkins, Madison County, Texas, 1867

Jacob Hawkins registered to vote in Madison County on August 2, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 8 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Madison County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Madison County

Jacob Hawkins

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jacob Hawkins
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Madison County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 2, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Madison County
8 years
Years in the precinct
8 months
Years in Texas before Madison County
4 years
Signature, as written
"J. L. Moore"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Madison County highlighted
Madison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

Jacob Hawkins reported 4 years more in Texas than in Madison County.

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 1 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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