Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ambrose Perkins, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Ambrose Perkins registered to vote in Galveston County on July 1, 1867. He reported 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Ambrose Perkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ambrose Perkins
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsAmbrose Perkins reported 10 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Perkins in Galveston County
- Albert Perkinsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1858
- Alford Perkinsreached Texas about 1858
Perkinses 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 32 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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