DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Hawkins, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869
George Hawkins registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 25, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In DeWitt County
George Hawkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Hawkins
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
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 26 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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