Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Emmett Wilkins, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869
John Emmett Wilkins registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 25, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
John Emmett Wilkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Emmett Wilkins
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsJohn Emmett Wilkins reported 14 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Wilkins in Bastrop County
- Alfred Wilkinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Henry Wilkinsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Jack Wilkinsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1850
- Josiah Wilkinsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Richard Wilkinsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
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 49 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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