Hawthorn · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Hawthorn in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 4 freedmen

4 freedmen named Hawthorn registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in McLennan County (4). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1866.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Hawthorns registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Hawthorn registered, on the 1870 county map
4
Freedmen
1
Counties
1866
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Hawthorns registered

Texas counties where the Hawthorns registered
CountyFreedmen%
McLennan County4100%

When the Hawthorns reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Hawthorns
DecadeFreedmen
1860s
4

Every Hawthorn in the register

The Hawthorns in the register, 1 to 4 of 4
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Henry HawthornMcLennan County1866
Henry HawthornMcLennan County1866
Lee HawthornMcLennan County1866
Spencer HawthornMcLennan County1866

Hawthorn genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Hawthorn in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. McLennan County holds 4 of the 4. 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.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Hawthorn?

McLennan County (4). In all, 4 registered across 1 Texas county 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 Hawthorn appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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