Atascosa County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Thomas, Atascosa County, Texas, 1867
James Thomas registered to vote in Atascosa County on July 13, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 1 of them in Atascosa County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Atascosa County registered 30 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Thomas
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Atascosa County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Atascosa County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Atascosa County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJames Thomas reported 1 year more in Texas than in Atascosa County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Atascosa County
- Jacob Thomasborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
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 3 of the Atascosa County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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