Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Collins, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Henry Collins registered to vote in Wood County on July 20, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wood County
Henry Collins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Collins
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Wood County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Collins"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Collins in Wood County
- Anthony Collinsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
- Edward Collinsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
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 2 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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