Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Armstead Collins, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Armstead Collins registered to vote in Austin County on July 19, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Austin County
Armstead Collins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Armstead Collins
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Bellvile
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Austin County
- 23 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
- 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 1 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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