Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Thomas, Freestone County, Texas, 1869
Richard Thomas registered to vote in Freestone County on November 19, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Richard Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Thomas
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Freestone County
- Aaron Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
- John Thomasborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1863
- Moses Thomasborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Nelson Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Thomas Thomasborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1867
Thomases elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Thomas
- Thomason 22
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 35 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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