Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Holbert Rollins, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Holbert Rollins registered to vote in Harrison County on July 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Holbert Rollins

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Holbert Rollins
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
July 13, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Harrison County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Harrison County
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Holbert Rollins reported 15 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

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 28 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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