Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Collins, Austin County, Texas, 1867
John Collins registered to vote in Austin County on August 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Collins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Collins
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJohn Collins reported 3 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Collins in Austin County
- Albert Collinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Alfred Collinsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Nasey Collinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Philon Collinsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
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 34 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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