Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Rubin Holt, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Rubin Holt registered to vote in Tyler County on August 7, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Removed from County" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Rubin Holt
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Rubin Holt
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Robin Holt"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Removed from County"
Other freedmen named Holt in Tyler County
- Elbert Holtborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1848
Holts 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 5 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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