Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Sawkins, Caldwell County, Texas, 1868
Jerry Sawkins registered to vote in Caldwell County on January 24, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Caldwell County registered 447 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Caldwell County
Jerry Sawkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Sawkins [Hawkins]
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 24, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Variations of Sawkins [Hawkins]
- Hawkins 55
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. Caldwell County's entries fill 27 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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