Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Holmes, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Holmes registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Isaac Holmes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Holmes
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Holmes in Colorado County
- Arthur Holmesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Greenville Holmesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Mansfield Holmesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- 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 40 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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