Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Wilkins, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
William Wilkins registered to vote in Lamar County on July 13, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
William Wilkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Wilkins
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Patton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsWilliam Wilkins reported 6 years more in Texas than in Lamar County.
Wilkinses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Wilkins
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 20 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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