Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Saml Collins, Jasper County, Texas, 1867

Saml Collins registered to vote in Jasper County on August 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Jasper County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
Saml Collins
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Jasper County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 28, 1867
Signature, as written
"Isaac Atkins"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jasper County highlighted
Jasper County on the 1870 county map

Collinses elsewhere in Texas

All 56 freedmen named Collins 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 11 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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