Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Perkins, Harrison County, Texas, 1868
James Perkins registered to vote in Harrison County on January 29, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Perkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Perkins
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "J. Perkins"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Perkins in Harrison County
- Cain Perkinsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Charles Perkinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Nelson Perkinsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
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 85 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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