Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Holliday, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Holliday registered to vote in Austin County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% 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 Austin County
Abraham Holliday
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Holliday
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Holliday in Austin County
- John Hollidayborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
Hollidays 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 30 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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