Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Thomas, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Moses Thomas registered to vote in Freestone County on August 17, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Moses Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Thomas
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- 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
- Nelson Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Richard 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 27 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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