Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Collins, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
George Collins registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 26, 1869. He reported Mexico as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 12 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Mexico
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
George Collins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Collins
- Place of birth
- Mexico
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearGeorge Collins reported 1 year more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Collins in Gonzales County
- Ben Collinsreached Texas about 1864
- Jerdon Collinsreached Texas about 1864
- Richard Collinsreached Texas about 1860
- Theadore Collinsreached Texas about 1843
Collinses 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 44 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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