Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Washington, Collin County, Texas, 1867
George Washington registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 13 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Collin County
George Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Washington
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- Jul. 13 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Collin County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Collin County
- Geo. Washingtonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1867
- Henry Washingtonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1858
Washingtons 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. Collin County's entries fill 46 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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