Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Holmes, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
John Holmes registered to vote in Anderson County on July 30, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 20 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
John Holmes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Holmes
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Holmes reported 1 year more in Texas than in Anderson County.
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 6 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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