Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sandy Perkins, Bexar County, Texas, 1867

Sandy Perkins registered to vote in Bexar County on July 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Bexar County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
2 years
In Texas
about 1865
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bexar County

Sandy Perkins

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sandy Perkins
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Bexar County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 3, 1867
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in Bexar County
6 months
Years in Texas before Bexar County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bexar County highlighted
Bexar County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Sandy Perkins reported 1 year more in Texas than in Bexar County.

Other freedmen named Perkins in Bexar 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 5 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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