Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Collins, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
William Collins registered to vote in Colorado County on November 19, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Collins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Collins
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Collins in Colorado County
- Austin Collinsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1837
- Henry Collinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- John Collinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
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 52 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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