Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jeffry Collins, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Jeffry Collins registered to vote in Henderson County on August 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 7 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Jeffry Collins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jeffry Collins
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jeffrey Collins"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJeffry Collins reported 10 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Collins in Henderson County
- Hilliard Collinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
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 14 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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