Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Perkins, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Albert Perkins registered to vote in Galveston County on January 30, 1868. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Albert Perkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Perkins
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Perkins in Galveston County
- Alford Perkinsreached Texas about 1858
- Ambrose Perkinsreached Texas about 1856
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 49 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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