Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Collins, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
John Collins registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 1 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
John Collins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Collins
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJohn Collins reported 13 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Collins in Colorado County
- Austin Collinsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1837
- Henry Collinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 35 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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