Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Collins, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
John Collins registered to vote in Fayette County on July 16, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Collins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Collins
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Collins in Fayette County
- Richard Collinsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- Ruebin Collinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
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 13 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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