Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben. Perkins, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
Ben. Perkins registered to vote in Burleson County on August 1, 1867. He reported 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Burleson County
Ben. Perkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben. Perkins
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years 6 months
- Years in Burleson County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 25 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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