Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Philon Collins, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Philon Collins registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Austin County
Philon Collins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Philon Collins
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Austin County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Collins in Austin County
- Albert Collinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Alfred Collinsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- John Collinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- Nasey Collinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
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 59 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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