Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Hawkins, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
John Hawkins registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
John Hawkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Hawkins
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hawkins in Matagorda County
- Horace Hawkinsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Washington Hawkinsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
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 4 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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