Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jack Wilkins, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869

Jack Wilkins registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 24, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
about 1850
Reached Texas
18 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Bastrop County

Jack Wilkins

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jack Wilkins
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 24, 1869
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
18 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

18 years

Jack Wilkins reported 18 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Other freedmen named Wilkins in Bastrop County

Wilkinses elsewhere in Texas

All 12 freedmen named Wilkins 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 47 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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