Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Holmes, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Charles Holmes registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Charles Holmes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Holmes
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Holmes in Harrison County
- Cash Holmesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
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 35 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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