Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Garret, Collin County, Texas, 1867

John Garret registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 8 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.

Born in Kentucky, registered in Collin County, Texas

Kentucky
Birthplace: 13 years
In Texas: 13 years
In the county: about 1854
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Collin County

John Garret

Texas

Name: John Garret
Place of birth: Kentucky
County of registration: Collin County
Precinct: 7
Registered: Jul. 8 1867
Years in Texas: 13 years
Years in Collin County: 13 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Collin County on the 1870 county map

Garrets elsewhere in Texas

All 8 freedmen named Garret in Texas

Variations of Garret

Garrett 56

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. Collin County's entries fill 46 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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