Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Perkins, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Benjamin Perkins registered to vote in Walker County on November 22, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Benjamin Perkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Perkins
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Benjamin X Perkins"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Perkins in Walker County
- Alexander Perkinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Henry Perkinsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1844
- 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 47 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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