Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Collins, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Henry Collins registered to vote in Colorado County on July 25, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Henry Collins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Collins
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 21'
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Collins in Colorado County
- Austin Collinsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1837
- John Collinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- William Collinsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
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 21 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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