Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Perrynam, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
William Perrynam registered to vote in Colorado County on July 18, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 4 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
William Perrynam
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Perrynam
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsWilliam Perrynam reported 20 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Perrynam in Colorado County
- Benj. Perrynamborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Moses Perrynamborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
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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