Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mansfield Holmes, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Mansfield Holmes registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Mansfield Holmes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mansfield Holmes
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsMansfield Holmes reported 17 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Holmes in Colorado County
- Arthur Holmesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Greenville Holmesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Isaac Holmesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
- Nathan Holmesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Robert Holmesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1837
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 54 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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