Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Merida Holmes, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Merida Holmes registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 3, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Merida Holmes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Merida Holmes
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Holmes in Brazoria County
- Benjamin Holmesborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Claiborne Holmesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Isaac Holmesborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Thomas Holmesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Thomas Holmesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1839
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 8 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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