Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Collins, Fayette County, Texas, 1868
Richard Collins registered to vote in Fayette County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Richard Collins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Collins
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Collins in Fayette County
- John Collinsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 58 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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