Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Wilkins, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Wilkins registered to vote in Brazos County on June 24, 1867. He reported 6 years in Texas, 3 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Lewis Wilkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Wilkins
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsLewis Wilkins reported 3 years more in Texas than in Brazos 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 7 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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