Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isom Perkin, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Isom Perkin registered to vote in Madison County on November 16, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 34 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 34 years
- In Texas
- about 1835
- Reached Texas
- 33 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1835 to 1870
Isom Perkin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isom Perkin
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 34 years
- Years in Madison County
- 9 months
- Years in the precinct
- 9 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 33 years
- Signature, as written
- "Tom Parker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
33 yearsIsom Perkin reported 33 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Variations of Perkin
- Perkins 51
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 12 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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