Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Hawks, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Hawks registered to vote in Anderson County on August 31, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Benjamin Hawks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Hawks
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hawks in Anderson County
- Benjamin Hawksborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Harray Hawksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Jim Hawksborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- 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 38 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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