Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spemen Hawks, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Spemen Hawks registered to vote in Anderson County on August 5, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 5 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Spemen Hawks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spemen Hawks
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsSpemen Hawks reported 15 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
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
- Jim Hawksborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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