Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Holden, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Holden registered to vote in Colorado County on July 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joseph Holden
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Holden
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Holden in Colorado County
- Posey Holdenborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1859
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 3 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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