Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Oliver Holmes, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Oliver Holmes registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 20, 1867. He reported 26 years in Texas. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 26 years
- In Texas
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Oliver Holmes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Oliver Holmes
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
Other freedmen named Holmes in Fort Bend County
- Beverly Holmesreached Texas about 1859
- Jack Holmesreached Texas about 1859
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 27 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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