Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Starling Holmes, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Starling Holmes registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 8, 1867. He reported 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Starling Holmes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Starling Holmes
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Holmeses 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 1 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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