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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Austin County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Alfred Collins reported 12 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named Collins in Austin County

Collinses elsewhere in Texas

All 56 freedmen named Collins 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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