Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Holland Hughes, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Holland Hughes registered to vote in Anderson County on August 21, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 6 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Holland Hughes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Holland Hughes
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsHolland Hughes reported 9 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Hughes in Anderson County
- Daniel Hughesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Hugh Hughesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Thomas Hughesborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
Hugheses 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 25 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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