San Augustine County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Hawkins, San Augustine County, Texas, 1867
Henry Hawkins registered to vote in San Augustine County on July 24, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in San Augustine County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. San Augustine County registered 340 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Hawkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Hawkins
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- San Augustine County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in San Augustine County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Hawkins"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hawkins in San Augustine County
- William Hawkinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
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 5 of the San Augustine County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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