Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Hawkins, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Aaron Hawkins registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Aaron Hawkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Hawkins
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hawkins in Colorado County
- Daniel Hawkinsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
- William Hawkinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
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 42 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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