Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Hollin, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Ben Hollin registered to vote in Leon County on August 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County
Ben Hollin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Hollin
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Leon County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 3 years
- Naturalized, where
- "Dan Walker"
- Signature, as written
- "Ann x McAllen"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsBen Hollin reported 3 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Hollin in Leon County
- Albert Hollinborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
- Dick Hollinborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Howe Hollinborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Isom Hollinborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
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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