Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Howe Hollin, Leon County, Texas, 1867

Howe Hollin registered to vote in Leon County on August 5, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.

Born in South Carolina, registered in Leon County, Texas

South Carolina
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Leon County

Howe Hollin

Texas

Name: Howe Hollin
Place of birth: South Carolina
County of registration: Leon County
Precinct: 3
Registered: August 5, 1867
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Leon County: 14 years
Years in the precinct: 14 years
Signature, as written: "Ned x Young"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Leon County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Hollin in Leon County

Albert Hollinborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
Ben Hollinborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
Dick Hollinborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
Isom Hollinborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862

Hollins elsewhere in Texas

Nelson Hollin Fayette County

All 6 freedmen named Hollin 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 2 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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