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Perkins in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 51 freedmen

51 freedmen named Perkins registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Walker County (5), Fort Bend County (4) and Harrison County (4). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1837.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Perkinses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Perkins registered, on the 1870 county map
51
Freedmen
25
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1837
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Perkinses registered

Texas counties where the Perkinses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Walker County510%
Fort Bend County48%
Harrison County48%
San Augustine County48%
Bexar County36%
Colorado County36%
Galveston County36%
Anderson County24%
Bastrop County24%
Bowie County24%
Brazoria County24%
Brazos County24%
Fannin County24%
Leon County24%
Atascosa County12%
Burleson County12%
Cherokee County12%
Falls County12%
Fayette County12%
Jasper County12%
Jefferson County12%
Matagorda County12%
Tarrant County12%
Wharton County12%
Wilson County12%

Where the Perkinses were born

Birthplaces the Perkinses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama820%
Mississippi718%
Tennessee513%
Arkansas410%
Texas410%
Virginia410%
Georgia38%
South Carolina25%
Florida13%
Louisiana13%
Missouri13%

When the Perkinses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Perkinses
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
3
1840s
7
1850s
18
1860s
21

Every Perkins in the register

The Perkinses in the register, 1 to 50 of 51
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Albert PerkinsFort Bend County1858
Albert PerkinsGalveston CountyLouisiana1858
Alexander PerkinsWalker CountyAlabama1863
Alford PerkinsGalveston County1858
Ambrose PerkinsGalveston County1856
Andrew PerkinsBexar CountyArkansas1855
Andrew PerkinsLeon CountyAlabama1857
Anthony PerkinsAnderson CountyAlabama1862
Anthony PerkinsBrazoria CountyTexas1864
Ben PerkinsBrazos County1837
Ben. PerkinsBurleson County1860
Benjamin PerkinsWalker CountyVirginia
Cain PerkinsHarrison CountyGeorgia1859
Calvin PerkinsWilson CountyMississippi1864
Charles PerkinsHarrison CountyAlabama1846
Daniel PerkinsCherokee CountyAlabama1866
David PerkinsColorado CountyTexas1842
Elias PerkinsFort Bend CountyMississippi1854
Fredrick PerkinsFayette CountyVirginia1860
Freeman PerkinsColorado CountyVirginia1842
Henry PerkinsWalker CountyTennessee1844
Houston PerkinsBastrop CountyMissouri1861
Isiah PerkinsWharton County1866
Jack PerkinsBrazos County1850
James PerkinsBastrop CountyTexas1839
James PerkinsHarrison CountySouth Carolina1866
Jerim PerkinsWalker CountyTennessee1837
Jesse PerkinsSan Augustine CountyTexas1866
John PerkinsColorado CountyMississippi1860
John PerkinsFort Bend County1866
John PerkinsJasper CountyGeorgia
Jordan PerkinsBowie CountyMississippi1849
Julius PerkinsFort Bend County1852
Moore PerkinsAnderson CountyAlabama1852
Moses PerkinsSan Augustine CountyTennessee1866
Nelson PerkinsHarrison CountyMississippi1857
Newman PerkinsTarrant CountyAlabama1855
Peter PerkinsAtascosa CountyArkansas1855
Peter PerkinsBexar CountyArkansas1855
Philip PerkinsFalls County
Plate PerkinsBowie CountyMississippi1849
Reiley PerkinsFannin CountyTennessee1865
Samely PerkinsBexar CountyTennessee1865
Samuel PerkinsMatagorda CountySouth Carolina1864
Scipio PerkinsSan Augustine CountyFlorida1866
Scipio PerkinsSan Augustine CountyVirginia1866
Solomon PerkinsJefferson County1859
Thomas PerkinsFannin CountyArkansas1864
Thomas PerkinsLeon CountyAlabama1857
Washington PerkinsBrazoria CountyMississippi1847

Perkins genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Perkins in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Walker County holds 5 of the 51, Fort Bend County 4. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Perkinses in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (8), Mississippi (7) and Tennessee (5) as their birthplaces most often, and 4 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Perkins?

Walker County (5), Fort Bend County (4), Harrison County (4). In all, 51 registered across 25 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Perkins appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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