Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sam Glass, Collin County, Texas, 1867

Sam Glass registered to vote in Collin County on Aug. 1 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 16 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Collin County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Collin County

Sam Glass

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sam Glass
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Collin County
Precinct
8
Registered
Aug. 1 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Collin County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 years
Years in Texas before Collin County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Collin County highlighted
Collin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Sam Glass reported 1 year more in Texas than in Collin County.

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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