Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Perkins, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Henry Perkins registered to vote in Walker County on August 5, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 10 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Henry Perkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Perkins
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Walker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry his X mark Fortune"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsHenry Perkins reported 13 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Perkins in Walker County
- Alexander Perkinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Benjamin Perkinsborn in Virginia
- Jerim Perkinsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1837
- Willis Perkinsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
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 7 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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