Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Collins, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Alfred Collins registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 4 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Alfred Collins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Collins
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsAlfred Collins reported 12 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Collins in Austin County
- Albert Collinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- John Collinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 59 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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