Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Collines, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Collines registered to vote in Fayette County on July 17, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Nelson Collines
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Collines
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Variations of Collines
- Collins 56
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 15 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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