Atascosa County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Perkins, Atascosa County, Texas, 1869

Peter Perkins registered to vote in Atascosa County on November 16, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Atascosa County registered 30 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Atascosa County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
about 1855
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Atascosa County

Peter Perkins

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Perkins
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Atascosa County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 16, 1869
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Atascosa County
10 months
Years in the precinct
10 months
Years in Texas before Atascosa County
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Atascosa County highlighted
Atascosa County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Peter Perkins reported 13 years more in Texas than in Atascosa County.

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 9 of the Atascosa County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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