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Hawkins in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 55 freedmen

55 freedmen named Hawkins registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Harrison County (9), Austin County (5) and Bowie County (4). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1822.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Hawkinses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Hawkins registered, on the 1870 county map
55
Freedmen
25
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1822
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Hawkinses registered

Texas counties where the Hawkinses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County916%
Austin County59%
Bowie County47%
Brazoria County35%
Colorado County35%
Fort Bend County35%
Wharton County35%
Bastrop County24%
Burleson County24%
Galveston County24%
Matagorda County24%
McLennan County24%
San Augustine County24%
Tarrant County24%
Anderson County12%
Brazos County12%
Davis County12%
DeWitt County12%
Fayette County12%
Guadalupe County12%
Hopkins County12%
Hunt County12%
Leon County12%
Madison County12%
Shelby County12%

Where the Hawkinses were born

Birthplaces the Hawkinses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia820%
North Carolina615%
Kentucky512%
Georgia410%
Alabama37%
Arkansas37%
South Carolina37%
Tennessee37%
Texas37%
Florida12%
Maryland12%
Missouri12%

When the Hawkinses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Hawkinses
DecadeFreedmen
1820s
1
1830s
1
1840s
17
1850s
9
1860s
27

Every Hawkins in the register

The Hawkinses in the register, 1 to 50 of 55
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Aaron HawkinsColorado CountyTexas1846
Aaron HawkinsHarrison CountyGeorgia1849
Aaron HawkinsHarrison CountyVirginia1861
Abram HawkinsHarrison CountyGeorgia1846
Charles HawkinsMcLennan County1866
Daniel HawkinsColorado CountyTennessee1863
Daniel HawkinsMcLennan County1866
Daubling HawkinsAnderson CountySouth Carolina1862
David HawkinsHarrison CountyArkansas1859
David HawkinsHopkins CountyNorth Carolina1863
Edmmund HawkinsBrazos County1859
George HawkinsAustin CountyFlorida1865
George HawkinsBowie CountyAlabama1865
George HawkinsDeWitt CountyKentucky1849
George HawkinsGalveston County
Gilbert HawkinsLeon CountyVirginia1863
Hal HawkinsHarrison CountySouth Carolina1846
Henderson HawkinsAustin CountyNorth Carolina1842
Henderson HawkinsHarrison CountyVirginia1848
Henry HawkinsSan Augustine CountyAlabama1866
Henry HawkinsTarrant CountyVirginia1860
Horace HawkinsMatagorda CountyNorth Carolina1847
Isiah HawkinsHarrison CountyArkansas1852
J. HawkinsBurleson County1847
Jacob HawkinsMadison CountyKentucky1855
James HawkinsBastrop CountyTexas1846
James HawkinsBowie CountyMissouri1849
James HawkinsHarrison CountyArkansas1849
Jefferson HawkinsBrazoria CountyGeorgia1860
Jim HawkinsFort Bend County1852
John HawkinsBurleson County1861
Jonathan HawkinsDavis CountyNorth Carolina1862
Joseph HawkinsHunt CountyNorth Carolina1853
Lewis HawkinsHarrison CountyKentucky1863
Nathan HawkinsBrazoria CountyMaryland1842
Ned HawkinsBrazoria CountyTennessee1837
Nickodomus HawkinsBowie CountyTennessee1849
Noah HawkinsShelby CountySouth Carolina1856
Noah HawkinsWharton County1866
Peter HawkinsFayette CountyKentucky1863
Philmore HawkinsBastrop CountyGeorgia1866
Reuban HawkinsTarrant CountyKentucky1865
Reuben HawkinsGuadalupe CountyVirginia1866
Robert HawkinsAustin CountyAlabama1859
Robert HawkinsFort Bend County1866
Thomas HawkinsAustin CountyGuinea, Africa1822
Thomas HawkinsGalveston County1865
Thomas HawkinsWharton County1866
Thos HawkinsAustin CountyTexas1846
Washington HawkinsMatagorda CountyNorth Carolina1847

Hawkins genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Hawkins in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 9 of the 55, Austin County 5. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Hawkinses in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (8), North Carolina (6) and Kentucky (5) as their birthplaces most often, and 3 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Hawkins?

Harrison County (9), Austin County (5), Bowie County (4). In all, 55 registered across 25 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Hawkins appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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