Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Perbasco, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Henry Perbasco registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Walker County
Henry Perbasco
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Perbasco
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Walker County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "W. P. Portasco"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Perbasco in Walker County
- Albert Perbascoborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- James Perbascoborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- John Perbascoborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Major Perbascoborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
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 25 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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