Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Perkins, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
David Perkins registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Colorado County
David Perkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Perkins
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Perkins in Colorado County
- Freeman Perkinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
- John Perkinsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
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 35 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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