Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Houston Hakins, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Houston Hakins registered to vote in Bexar County on August 6, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Houston Hakins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Houston Hakins
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Bexar County
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Bexar County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsHouston Hakins reported 9 years more in Texas than in Bexar 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 32 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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