Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Travis Holland, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Travis Holland registered to vote in Tyler County on August 16, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 3 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Travis Holland
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Travis Holland
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "Travis Roland"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsTravis Holland reported 17 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Hollands 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 7 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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