Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jerim Perkins, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Jerim Perkins registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Walker County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
30 years
In Texas
about 1837
Reached Texas
29 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Jerim Perkins

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jerim Perkins
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 30, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Walker County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Walker County
29 years
Signature, as written
"Saml. X Perkins"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

29 years

Jerim Perkins reported 29 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

Other freedmen named Perkins in Walker County

Perkinses elsewhere in Texas

All 51 freedmen named Perkins 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 28 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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