Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Perkins, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Ben Perkins registered to vote in Brazos County on November 18, 1869. He reported 32 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 32 years
- In Texas
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Ben Perkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Perkins
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 32 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Perkins in Brazos County
- Jack Perkinsreached Texas about 1850
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 36 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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