Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Perkins, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
John Perkins registered to vote in Colorado County on August 19, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
John Perkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Perkins
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Perkins in Colorado County
- David Perkinsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- Freeman Perkinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
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 43 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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