Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
J.W. Collins, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
J.W. Collins registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 2 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
J.W. Collins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- J.W. Collins
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJ.W. Collins reported 12 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Collins in Matagorda County
- James Collinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- James Collinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
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 6 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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