Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Thomas, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Thomas registered to vote in Galveston County on June 14, 1867. He reported 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Benjamin Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Thomas
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsBenjamin Thomas reported 8 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Galveston County
- Henderson Thomas
- James Thomasreached Texas about 1846
- William Thomasreached Texas about 1847
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 18 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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