Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benj. Perrynam, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Benj. Perrynam registered to vote in Colorado County on July 17, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Benj. Perrynam
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benj. Perrynam
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Perrynam in Colorado County
- Moses Perrynamborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- William Perrynamborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1843
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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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