Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Holliman, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Holliman registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 20 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Joseph Holliman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Holliman
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Leon County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph x L. Allison"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsJoseph Holliman reported 6 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Holliman in Leon County
- Thomas Hollimanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1842
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 12 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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