Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph Hawkins, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Joseph Hawkins registered to vote in Hunt County on July 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Hunt County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
about 1853
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

Joseph Hawkins

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joseph Hawkins
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Hunt County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 20, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Hunt County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Hunt County
13 years
Signature, as written
"Jos X Lanthrip " ""
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Joseph Hawkins reported 13 years more in Texas than in Hunt 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 4 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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