Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Holmes, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Holmes registered to vote in Anderson County on August 30, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Lewis Holmes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Holmes
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Palestine, Anderson County
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Holmes in Anderson County
- John Holmesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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