Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Holmes, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Nathan Holmes registered to vote in Colorado County on November 23, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 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
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Nathan Holmes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Holmes
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 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
- Isaac Holmesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
- Mansfield Holmesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- 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 58 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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