Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Collins, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
John Collins registered to vote in Dallas County on August 30, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Dallas County
John Collins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Collins
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Collins in Dallas County
- Robb. Collinsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1845
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 24 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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