Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isom Hollin, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Isom Hollin registered to vote in Leon County on August 17, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Isom Hollin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isom Hollin
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Leon County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Naturalized, where
- "Sam Walker"
- Signature, as written
- "S. M. x McAllen"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Howe Hollinborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
Hollins 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 15 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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