Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Hawkins, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
William Hawkins registered to vote in Colorado County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
William Hawkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Hawkins
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hawkins in Colorado County
- Aaron Hawkinsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Daniel Hawkinsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
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 39 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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