Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Willis Perkins, Walker County, Texas, 1869

Willis Perkins registered to vote in Walker County on November 16, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 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.

Born in Georgia, registered in Walker County, Texas

Georgia
Birthplace: 10 years
In Texas: 10 years
In the county: about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

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Willis Perkins

Texas

Name: Willis Perkins
Place of birth: Georgia
County of registration: Walker County
Precinct: 1
Registered: November 16, 1869
Years in Texas: 10 years
Years in Walker County: 10 years
Years in the precinct: 10 years
Signature, as written: "Giles his X mark Perkins"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Walker County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Perkins in Walker County

Alexander Perkinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
Benjamin Perkinsborn in Virginia
Henry Perkinsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1844
Jerim Perkinsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1837

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 38 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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