Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Icesom Wilkins, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Icesom Wilkins registered to vote in Galveston County on June 11, 1867. He reported 23 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 23 years
- In Texas
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Icesom Wilkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Icesom Wilkins
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsIcesom Wilkins reported 22 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Wilkinses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Wilkins
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 13 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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