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Homes in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 10 freedmen

10 freedmen named Homes registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Bastrop County (4), Fayette County (2) and Galveston County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1839.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Homeses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Homes registered, on the 1870 county map
10
Freedmen
5
Counties
South Carolina
Largest birthplace
1839
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Homeses registered

Texas counties where the Homeses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Bastrop County440%
Fayette County220%
Galveston County220%
DeWitt County110%
Wharton County110%

Where the Homeses were born

Birthplaces the Homeses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
South Carolina233%
Georgia117%
North Carolina117%
Tennessee117%
Virginia117%

When the Homeses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Homeses
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
1
1850s
4
1860s
4

Every Homes in the register

The Homeses in the register, 1 to 10 of 10
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Anthony HomesBastrop CountySouth Carolina1864
Bernnel HomesBastrop CountyGeorgia1862
David HomesGalveston County1866
George HomesFayette CountyNorth Carolina1849
Isaac HomesBastrop CountyTennessee1856
John HomesDeWitt County1852
Mansfield HomesWharton County1866
Sam HomesFayette CountyVirginia1858
Thomas HomesBastrop CountySouth Carolina1839
Washington HomesGalveston County1857

Homes genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Homes in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Bastrop County holds 4 of the 10, Fayette County 2. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Homeses in Texas come from?

They reported South Carolina (2), Georgia (1) and North Carolina (1) as their birthplaces most often. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Homes?

Bastrop County (4), Fayette County (2), Galveston County (2). In all, 10 registered across 5 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Homes appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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