Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hilliard Collins, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Hilliard Collins registered to vote in Henderson County on August 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Hilliard Collins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hilliard Collins
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Richard Coblin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsHilliard Collins reported 6 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Collins in Henderson County
- Jeffry Collinsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
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 18 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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