Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Wilkins, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Richard Wilkins registered to vote in Colorado County on July 16, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Richard Wilkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Wilkins
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Wilkinses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Wilkins
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 10 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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