Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Perkins, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Anthony Perkins registered to vote in Anderson County on August 14, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Anthony Perkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Perkins
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Perkins in Anderson County
- Moore Perkinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
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 21 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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