Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Hawks, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Jim Hawks registered to vote in Anderson County on August 19, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Jim Hawks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Hawks
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hawks in Anderson County
- Benjamin Hawksborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Benjamin Hawksborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Harray Hawksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Spemen Hawksborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
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 24 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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